הירזש

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German hirse, from Old High German hirso, from Proto-Germanic *hirsijô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiʀʒ/

Noun

הירזש • (hirzh) f

1. millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)

References

• Alexander Harkavy (2006) “הירזש”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 193