בירזשע

Yiddish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪrʒə/

Noun

בירזשע • (birzhe) f, plural בירזשעס (birzhes)

1. stock market
2. stock exchange

Usage notes

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

References

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