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באַרדיטשעוו
‘Berdichev/Berdychiv (city in Ukraine)’

באַרדיטשעוו
בערדיטשעוו
'Berdichev/Berdychiv (city in Ukraine)'

ETYMOLOGY

The idiom פּיש נאַ באַרדיטשעוו 'write to Berdychiv (i.e., wasted effort)' appears to be borrowed from Polish pisz na Berdyczów. [or Ukrainian? Russian?]

BARDITShEV [Yiddishland, Paul Glasser]