מיקראָכוואַליע

Yiddish

Etymology

מיקראָ־ (mikro-) +‎ כוואַליע (khvalye). Compare Belarusian мікрахва́ля (mikraxválja), German Mikrowelle, Polish mikrofala, Russian микроволна́ (mikrovolná), Ukrainian мікрохви́ля (mikroxvýlja), and several other words formed similarly.

Noun

מיקראָכוואַליע • (mikrokhvalye) f, plural מיקראָכוואַליעס (mikrokhvalyes)

1. (physics) microwave (part of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation)

Derived terms

• מיקראָכוואַליען (mikrokhvalyen), מיקראָכוואַליעווען (mikrokhvalyeven, “to microwave”)
• מיקראָכוואַלניק (mikrokhvalnik)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “מיקראָכֿװאַליע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “microwave, n. (phys.)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN