אָזערע
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די
אָזיערע, אָזשערע
'lake'

ETYMOLOGY

[Although the Yiddish forms vary, the word seems to come mainly from Ukrainian]
Ukrainian о́зеро; Russian: о́зеро ; Polish jezioro, ozioro; cf. Belarusian: во́зера; from Proto-Slavic ✱ȅzero; from Proto-Balto-Slavic ✱éźero; cf. Lithuanian ẽžeras; from PIE ✱h₁eǵʰ-(e)r-o-

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

ˈožere {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}

óʐere {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

CENTRAL

ožɩrə אָזשערע {note: מער אין דער פּראָווינץ} {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}