ענגעל

Yiddish

.אַ סקולפּטור פֿון אַן ענגעל

Etymology

Likely borrowed from German Engel.

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Noun

ענגעל • (engel) m

(rare) angel

Synonyms

(more common) מלאך (malekh)

Derived terms

ענגעלפֿיש (engelfish)

References

Paul Abelson (1915) “angel”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press