kishke

== English == === Alternative forms === kishka, kiszka, kishkeh, keeshka === Etymology === Attested in English since the late 1930s, from Yiddish קישקע (kishke), from Slavic—Polish kiszka, Russian кишка́ (kišká), or Ukrainian ки́шка (kýška). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyšьka (“intestine, stomach”). May be related to Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”) or Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪʃkə/ === Noun === kishke (plural kishkes) A dish made from stuffed intestine. 2015, Vilna without Vilna, in Helen Mintz (translator), Abraham Karpinowitz, Vilna My Vilna, Syracuse University Press, page 20 Zelik the Benefactor's wife was the queen of kishke. Her kishke melted in your mouth. It always came out brown and shiny, like chestnuts fresh from the tree. 2023, June Hersh, Iconic New York Jewish Food, Arcadia Publishing, page 133, It might seem a stretch, but kishke—a hard-to-find, old-school deli item—was actually considered a sausage, as it was an encased ground stuffing. Kishke is a combination of grains, veggies, schmaltz (chicken fat) and sometimes meat. (informal, often in the plural, also figurative) Intestines, guts. ==== Synonyms ==== (dish): blood pudding, blood sausage (dish): derma, stuffed derma, stuffed kishke (intestines): stomach, gut, guts === References === “kishke”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. “kishke”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “kishke”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Elizabeth J. Jewell, Frank Abate, Erin McKean, editors (2005), “kishke”, in The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. “kishka” and “kishke” in Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall (1985), Dictionary of American Regional English, p 228, Harvard University Press, ISBN 067420519 Jaroslav Rudnyckyj (1972–1982), “кишка”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 674 === Further reading === kishka (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Shekki