Kishke Definition

kizhkə
noun
Beef casing stuffed with matzo meal or bread crumbs, flour, onions, etc. and then steamed and roasted.
Webster's New World
The abdomen or guts.
The ball hit me in the kishkes.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • stuffed derma

Other Word Forms of Kishke

Noun

Singular:
kishke
Plural:
kishkes

Origin of Kishke

  • Attested in English since the late 1930s, from Yiddish קישקע (kishke), from SlavicPolish kiszka, Russian кишка́ (kišká), or Ukrainian ки́шка (kýška). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyša, *kyšьka (“intestine, stomach”). Related to Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”) and possibly Ancient Greek κύστις (kustis, “bladder”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Yiddish from Russian kishka intestine (s)keu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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