Etymology

farfel

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Today it means: Small pellet-shaped egg pasta in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made instead out of matzah during Passover. Full definition →

Yiddish פֿאַרפֿל
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromפֿאַרפֿל
  2. English todayfarfel

From Yiddish פֿאַרפֿל (farfl).

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