דיסק

Hebrew

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Compare English disc, disk, French disque.

Noun

דִּיסְק • (disk) m (plural indefinite דִּיסְקִים)

  1. disk

Derived terms

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), probably via Belarusian дыск (dysk), Polish dysk, Russian диск (disk), Ukrainian диск (dysk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsk/

Noun

דיסק • (disk) m, plural דיסקן (diskn), diminutive דיסקל (diskl)

  1. (computer hardware) disk
    Synonym: דיסקל (diskl)
  2. (computer hardware) drive
    Synonym: דיסק־לייענער (disk-leyener)
  3. (music) album
    Synonym: פּלאַטע (plate)
  4. (of a phonograph) record
    Synonym: פּלאַטע (plate)
  5. (anatomy) spinal disc, intervertebral disc
    Synonym: שדרה־דיסק (shdrh-disk)

Derived terms

  • אינעווייניקסטער דיסק (ineveynikster disk, “internal drive”)
  • אינסטאַליר־דיסק m (instalir-disk, “setup drive”)
  • אויספֿאָרמאַטירן אַ דיסק (oysformatirn a disk, “to format a disk”)
  • דיסק־לייענער (disk-leyener, “disk drive”)
  • דרויסנדיקער דיסק (droysndiker disk, “external drive”)
  • האַרטער דיסק (harter disk, “hard drive”)
  • קאָנטראַבאַנד־דיסק (kontraband-disk, “bootleg (illegal recording)”)
  • שדרה־דיסק (shedre-disk, “spinal disk”)
  • ווייכער דיסק (veykher disk), בייגעוודיסק (beygevdisk, “diskette, floppy disk”)
  • דע־ווע־דע (de-ve-de), די־ווי־די (di-vi-di, “DVD”)
  • דיסקעט (disket, “diskette”)
  • קאָמפּאַקטדיסק (kompaktdisk), קאָמפּאַקטל (kompaktl, “compact disk, CD”)
  • קאָמפּאַקטל־שפּילער (kompaktl-shpiler, “CD player”)
  • ווידעאָ־דיסק (video-disk, “videodisc”)

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “disk”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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