פּײַ

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪ̯/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pie. Compare Swedish paj.

Noun

פּײַ • (pay) m, plural פּײַען (payen)

1. (US, cooking) pie

   Synonym: קוכן (kukhn)

Derived terms

• אַפֿענעס־פּײַ (afenes-pay)
• דיניעפּײַ (dinyepay)
• פּעקאַנפּײַ (pekanpay)
• עפּלפּײַ (eplpay)

References

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian пай (paj), from Turkic.

Noun

פּײַ • (pay) m, plural פּײַען (payen)

1. (finance) share

   Synonym: אַקציע (aktsye)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּײַ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].