פּאָרטווײַן

Yiddish

Etymology

Cognate to or borrowed from German Portwein. Compare Polish portwajn, Russian портве́йн (portvéjn). By surface analysis, פּאָרט (port) +‎ ווײַן (vayn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrtvaɪ̯n/

Noun

פּאָרטווײַן • (portvayn) m

1. port, port wine

   Coordinate terms: מאַדיירע (madeyre), מאַרסאַלאַ (marsala), שערי (sheri)

References

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