Etymology

lapserdak

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Today it means: A traditional Jewish black kaftan. Full definition →

Yiddish לאַפּסערדאַק
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromלאַפּסערדאַק
  2. English todaylapserdak

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַפּסערדאַק (lapserdak). See that entry for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.