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mil⋅chig

   [mil-khig, -khik]
–adjective Judaism.
(in the dietary laws) consisting of, made from, or used only for milk or dairy products.
Compare fleishig, pareve.

Origin:
1925–30; < Yiddish milkhik, equiv. to milkh milk + -ik -y 1
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mil·chig     (mĭl'KHĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Derived from or made of milk or dairy products.

[Yiddish milkhik, from milkh, milk, from Middle High German milch, from Old High German miluh; see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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