עמאַל

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French émail (probably via Russian эма́ль (emálʹ) and/or Ukrainian ема́ль (emálʹ)), from Old French esmal, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt. Doublet of שמאַלץ (shmalts).

Noun

עמאַל • (emal) m

  1. enamel

Derived terms

References

Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “עמאַל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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