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Borrowed from Russian чи́жик (čížik).
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪʒɪk/
- Hyphenation: טשי‧זשיק
טשיזשיק • (tshizhik) m, plural טשיזשיקען (tshizhiken)
- siskin (Spinus spinus)
- Paul Abelson (1915) “aberdevine”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 2