זשען־זשען

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Chinese 人參／人参 (rénshēn), most likely via Russian женьше́нь (ženʹšénʹ). Compare Armenian ժենշեն (ženšen), Belarusian жэньшэ́нь (ženʹšénʹ), Bulgarian женшен (ženšen), Georgian ჟენშენი (ženšeni), Latvian žeņšeņs, Lithuanian ženšenis, Polish żeń-szeń, Serbo-Croatian ženšen, Turkmen ženşen, and Ukrainian женьше́нь (ženʹšénʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒənˈʒɛn/

Noun

זשען־זשען • (zhen-zhen) m

1. ginseng

References

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