prakes
Definitions
n. Stuffed cabbage, also known by holiptshes, goluptshes, and golomkes, among other names.
Example Sentences
"I never heard the Yiddish word holiptshes used for stuffed cabbage until the 1960s, when my family came to New York City to eat at Lou Siegel’s and asked for ‘prakas.’ The waiter had no idea what we were talking about, and it took some time to straighten things out." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
פּראַקעס prakes, האָלעפּצעס hóleptses 'stuffed cabbage'
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- Jews in Philadelphia
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
prakas
Notes
Common among Philadelphia Jews regardless of geographical origin. Prevalent also among Jews of Romania, Moldova, and Southern Ukraine. See (source)
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