עג־קרים

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English egg cream. Some theories claim that the "egg" component of the English term derives from עכט (ekht).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡ krim/

Noun

עג־קרים • (eg-krim) m

1. (US, New York) egg cream (drink made with milk, seltzer water and syrup)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “egg cream”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN