hamantasch

American  

[hah-muhn-tahsh, huhm-uhn-, hoom-] / ˈhɑ mənˌtɑʃ, ˈhʌm ən-, ˈhʊm- /

noun

Jewish Cooking.

• hamantaschen
  plural

1. a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hamantaschen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hamantasch

< Yiddish homentash, equivalent to homen Haman + tash pouch, pocket (compare Middle High German tasche, Old High German tasca; akin to task )

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hamantaschen

My creation resembled a bulky hamantaschen more than a talisman for a life-changing epiphany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

It's used for kolaches, babkas, hamantaschen, crescent rolls — the options are endless.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022

He ate hamantaschen, pastries symbolizing the wicked courtier Haman, whose thwarted effort to annihilate the Jews in ancient Persia is narrated in the Old Testament and commemorated each year with Purim.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2022

For years, bakers have riffed on the recipe for hamantaschen, the traditional sweet for Purim, which starts at sunset on March 16 this year.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

Its most recent post was a photo of him and Chan baking hamantaschen for Purim.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018