knish

[ knish ]

nounJewish Cooking.
  1. 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.

Origin of knish

1
1925–30; <Yiddish <Polish knysz

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knish

/ (knɪʃ) /


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

Origin of knish

1
Yiddish, from Russian knysh cake; compare Polish knysz

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