פּרעזשעניצע

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• פּרעזשניצע (prezhnitse), פּראַזשעניצע (prazhenitse)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Slovak praženica or dialectal Polish prażenica, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pražiti (“to fry, to roast”) + ־ניצע (-nitse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛʒənɪt͡sə/

Noun

פּרעזשעניצע • (prezhenitse) f, plural פּרעזשעניצעס (prezhenitses)

1. omelette, omelet

   Synonyms: אָמלעט (omlet), פֿײַנקוכן (faynkukhn)

2. scrambled eggs

   Synonyms: יאַיִטשניצע (yaitshnitse), אייערשפּײַז (eyershpayz)

Derived terms

• אויג־פּרעזשעניצע (oyg-prezhenitse), אויגן־פּרעזשעניצע (oygn-prezhenitse, “sunny side up”)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּרעזשעניצע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “omelet”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN