בירזשע

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian би́ржа (bírža), Ukrainian бі́ржа (bírža). Compare Georgian ბირჟა (birža), Kazakh, Kyrgyz биржа (birja), Latvian birža, Lithuanian bìrža, Uzbek birja. Doublet of בערזע (berze).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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בירזשע (birzhef, plural בירזשעס (birzhes)

  1. stock market
  2. stock exchange

Usage notes

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  • Note that unlike in English, Yiddish does not differentiate between the market and the physical place where the stock trading takes place.

References

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