Etymology

p'tcha

Today it means: Calves'-foot jelly, a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish. Full definition →

Yiddish פּטשאַ ← Turkish paça çorbası
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  1. Turkish · derived frompaça çorbası
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּטשאַ
  3. English todayp'tcha

From Yiddish פּטשאַ (ptsha), apparently from Turkish paça çorbası (literally “leg soup”).

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