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טאָרבע
‘sack, bag’

טאָרבע
־ס
די
'sack, bag'
טאָרבעלע
(diminutive); 'paper bag; paper cone'

ETYMOLOGY

Turkic.
{Beider 2015: 441}
The idiom גיין מיט דער טאָרבע 'to go with the bag (i.e., to go begging)' appears to be a calque of Polish pójść / iść z torbami; an even closer match (because with singular of 'bag') is Belarusian з торбай ісці.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

tɔrbə {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

SOUTHEASTERN


AUDIO Itzik Manger [Czernowitz / Chernivtsi, BUKOVINA}
torbə
ער נעמט די לבֿנה אין טאָרבע