גוואָזדיקע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гвозди́ка (gvozdíka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡvɔzˈdɪkə/, /ɡvɔzˈdikə/

Noun

גוואָזדיקע • (gvozdike) f, plural גוואָזדיקעס (gvozdikes)

1. (botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus)

   Synonym: נעגעלע (negele)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “carnation”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN