ענגעלפֿיש

Yiddish

.אַן ענגעלפֿיש

Etymology

From ענגעל (engel, “angel”) +‎ פֿיש (fish, “fish”), calque of English angelfish.

Noun

ענגעלפֿיש • (engelfish) f, plural ענגעלפֿיש (engelfish) or ענגעלפֿישן (engelfishn)

1. angelfish

References

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