בויגן

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German bogo (compare German Bogen), from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Noun

בויגן • (boygn) m, plural בויגנס (boygns), diminutive בייגל (beygl)

1. sheet; arc, bow, curve, arch
2. bow (weapon that shoots arrows)

Derived terms

• בויגן־שיסער (boygn-shiser, “archer”)

See also

• פֿײַל (fayl, “arrow”)