פּאַטשורע
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
Derived variously through Belarusian па́шча (pášča), Polish paszcza, dialectal Ukrainian па́ща (pášča), with a suffix ־ורע (-ure) of unclear derivation.
Noun edit
פּאַטשורע • (patshure) f, plural פּאַטשורעס (patshures)
- (colloquial) face, mug
References edit
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאַטשורע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Yiddish Dictionary of the Slavic Inheritance: letter P, Jos August Janssen, page 518