שערי

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sherry. Compare German Sherry, Polish sherry, Russian ше́рри (šérri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛrɪ/

Noun

שערי • (sheri) m

1. sherry (fortified wine)

   Coordinate terms: מאַדיירע (madeyre), מאַרסאַלאַ (marsala), פּאָרטווײַן (portvayn)

References

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