קאָוואַדלע

Yiddish

.אַ קאָוואַדלע

Etymology

From a Slavic language, probably Ukrainian кова́дло (kovádlo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔˈvadlə/
Hyphenation: קאָ‧וואַד‧לע

Noun

קאָוואַדלע • (kovadle) f, plural קאָוואַדלעס (kovadles)

anvil (block used in blacksmithing)

Synonyms

אַמבאָס (ambos)

Derived terms

צווישן האַמער און קאָוואַדלע (tsvishn hamer un kovadle)

Related terms

קאָוועל (kovel)
קאָווען (koven)

References

Paul Abelson (1915) “anvil”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press
Uriel Weinreich (1977) “anvil”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 15
Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “kovadle”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 464

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