שרײַבמאַשין

Yiddish

Etymology

From שרײַבן (shraybn, “to write”) +‎ מאַשין (mashin, “machine”). Compare German Schreibmaschine.

Noun

שרײַבמאַשין • (shraybmashin) f, plural שרײַבמאַשינען (shraybmashinen), diminutive שרײַבמאַשינקע (shraybmashinke)

1. typewriter

References

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