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hamantaschen

hamantaschen noun: traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.

hamantaschen: traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling...
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Noun

hamantaschen pl (normally plural, singular hamantasch)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.
    • A workshop for children and adults on making hamantaschen, the triangular pastries that are traditional for Purim, the Jewish feast being celebrated Saturday and Sunday, will be held tomorrow[…].2007 February 28, Florence Fabricant, “Food Calendar”, in New York Times
    • “The boys pump sweet jelly into the little triangle, careful not to overfill its delicate folds. Now the hamantaschen is ready for Passover.”2016 June 6, Teresa Hsiao, “Garfield and Friends” (11:56 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 19, spoken by Principal Lewis (Kevin Michael Richardson)

Forms of hamantaschen

singularhamantasch
alternative formhamantashen
alternative formhamentaschen
alternative formhamentashen
alternative formhomentaschen
alternative formhomentashen
alternative formhumentashen

Origin of hamantaschen

Borrowed from Yiddish המן־טאַשן (homen-tashn).

Questions about hamantaschen

What does hamantaschen mean?
Hamantaschen means traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.
What part of speech is hamantaschen?
Hamantaschen is a noun.

Words near hamantaschen in the dictionary

  1. Hamani
  2. Hamann
  3. Hamanns
  4. Hamans
  5. hamantasch
  6. hamantaschen
  7. hamantash
  8. hamantashen
  9. Hamar
  10. Hamars
  11. hamarthritis

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