hamantasch

[hah-muhn-tahsh, huhm-uhn-, hoom-]

ha·man·tasch

[hah-muhn-tahsh, huhm-uhn-, hoom-]
noun, plural ha·man·tasch·en [-tah-shuhn] . Jewish Cookery.
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.

Origin:
< 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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