ערדשווײַן

Yiddish edit

.אַן ערדשװײַן

Etymology edit

From ערד (erd, “earth”) +‎ שווײַן (shvayn, “pig”), calque of Afrikaans erdvark.

Noun edit

ערדשווײַן • (erdshvayn) m

aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

References edit

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

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