טאָרטיִע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla, probably via English tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrˈti.ə/, /tɔrˈtijə/

Noun

טאָרטיִע • (tortie) f, plural טאָרטיִעס (torties)

1. tortilla

Derived terms

• טאָרטיִע־טשיפּל (tortie-tshipl), טאָרטיִע־טשיפּקעלע (tortie-tshipkele, “tortilla chip”)

References

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