bagel
Pronunciations
bagel | (BAY-gull) | listen |
Definitions
n. "A leavened, firm, doughnut shaped roll" (JPS).
Example Sentences
"They served lox and bagels for breakfast after davening."
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
בײגל beygl, related to Yiddish root בײג beyg 'bend, curve'
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
beygl
Notes
Plural "bagels," although the original Yiddish plural is beygl (same as singular)
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