כאַלאַפּעניאָ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jalapeño. Compare German Jalapeño, Russian халапе́ньо (xalapénʹo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χaɫaˈpɛnjɔ/, /χaɫaˈpɛɲɔ/

Noun

כאַלאַפּעניאָ • (khalapenyo) m, plural כאַלאַפּעניאָס (khalapenyos)

1. jalapeño (pepper)

References

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