בייגל

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.ɡel/

Noun

בייגל / בֵּיְגֶּל • (béigel) m (plural indefinite בייגלך or בייגלים)

1. bagel

See also

• בייגלה / בֵּיְגָּלֶה (béigale)

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old High German bouc (“ring”). It is probably cognate to, and not derived from, German Bügel (“stirrup”) and archaic spellings like beugel that have historically been used for pastries and bread items.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɪ̯ɡɫ̩/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ɡɫ̩/

Noun

בייגל • (beygl) m, plural בייגל (beygl), diminutive בייגעלע (beygele)

1. bagel
2. (anatomy) stapes

Derived terms

• ליגן אין דר׳ערד און באַקן בייגל (lign in dr'erd un bakn beygl)

Descendants

• → English: bagel
  • → Chinese: 貝果／贝果 (bèiguǒ)
  • → Dutch: bagel
  • → Finnish: bagel
  • → French: bagel
  • → German: Bagel
  • → Greek: μπέιγκελ (béigkel)
  • → Hijazi Arabic: بيقل (bēgil, bēgal)
  • → Indonesian: bagel
  • → Italian: bagel
  • → Japanese: ベーグル (bēguru)
  • → Korean: 베이글 (beigeul)
  • → Persian: بیگل (beygel)
  • → Portuguese: bagel
  • → Russian: бейгл (bejgl)
  • → Spanish: bagel
  • → Thai: เบเกิล (bee-gə̂l)
  • → Ukrainian: бейґл (bejgl)
• → Hebrew: בייגל (béigel)
• → Polish: bajgiel
• → Russian: бе́йгель (béjgelʹ)
• → Ukrainian: ба́йґель (bájgelʹ)

Noun

בייגל • (beygl) n, plural בייגלעך (beyglekh)

1. diminutive of בויגן (boygn)

Related terms

• בייגן (beygn, “to bend”)