פּאָרטווײַן

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Cognate to or borrowed from German Portwein. Compare Polish portwajn, Russian портве́йн (portvéjn). By surface analysis, פּאָרט (port) +‎ ווײַן (vayn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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פּאָרטווײַן • (portvayn) m

  1. port, port wine
    Coordinate terms: מאַדיירע (madeyre), מאַרסאַלאַ (marsala), שערי (sheri)

References

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