Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyshka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pysh-ka
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Russian variety of doughnut, either ring-shaped or without a hole.

Example Sentences

"On the corner by the beygal store is an old woman with a pyshka, collecting dowries for orphan girls in Jerusalem: […]"
"A typical menu featured five or six varieties of oukha fish chowder with pies, all kinds of smoked and kippered sturgeon, and telnoe (fish fillets baked in the shape of a goose or lamb with many different spices and with special “lamb” flavor), not to mention pyshki (doughnuts), syrniki (curd cakes), and oladyi (pancakes)."
"The other really tasty local offerings for street food/fast food include pirozhki[…], shawarma[…], and pyshki (пышки). […] Pyshki are Russian doughnuts, wonderful with coffee, and are strongly associated with Saint Petersburg."
"I have fond memories of eating pyshki in St. Petersburg about 10 years ago. I […] finally got a few pyshki, which my ignorant Muscovite self no doubt referred to as ponchiki, and ate them right there, standing up and drinking tea."

Etymology

From Russian пы́шка (pýška).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: пы́шка

Inflected Forms

pyshki (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ponchik

Questions

What does pyshka mean?: A Russian variety of doughnut, either ring-shaped or without a hole.
Where does pyshka come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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