פּאָלאָ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, “ball”).

Noun

פּאָלאָ • (polo) m, plural פּאָלאָס (polos)

1. (uncountable) polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

Derived terms

• וואַסער־פּאָלאָ (vaser-polo)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “polo”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN