knish

[ knish ]

/ knɪʃ /

noun Jewish Cookery.

a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack.

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Origin of knish

1925–30; < Yiddish < Polish knysz

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British Dictionary definitions for knish

knish

/ (knɪʃ) /

noun

a piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or some other filling and baked or fried

Word Origin for knish

Yiddish, from Russian knysh cake; compare Polish knysz

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