סאָרגע
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately borrowed from Italian sorgo, possibly via Russian со́рго (sórgo). Change of gender possibly by analogy of other nouns ending in ־ע, but otherwise unexplained.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]סאָרגע • (sorge) f
- sorghum (cereal)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “sorghum”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN