עלסטער

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German elster, from Old High German agalstra, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Cognate with German Elster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɫstəʁ/
  • Hyphenation: על‧סטער

Noun

עלסטער • (elster) m, plural עלסטערס (elsters)

  1. synonym of סאָראָקע (soroke, “magpie”)

References

  • Paul Abelson (1915), “magpie”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 827
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