סאָרגע
Yiddish
editEtymology
editUltimately borrowed from Italian sorgo, possibly via Russian со́рго (sórgo). Change of gender possibly by analogy of other nouns ending in ־ע, but otherwise unexplained.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editסאָרגע • (sorge) f
- sorghum (cereal)
References
edit- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “sorghum”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN