טראָק 1
‘Trakai (city in Lithuania)’
טראָק 1
'Trakai (city in Lithuania)'
ETYMOLOGY
Polish Troki; Belarusian Трокі; Lithuanian Trakai;
The phrase איך הער דיך ווי אין טראָק 'I hear you as in Trakai (i.e., I do not listen to you, you are not my boss)' stems from the fact that Trakai was home to many Karaites. who did not listen to the rabbis. Another explanation: Jews in Trakai were protected by a privilegium.
TROK {Yiddishland, Paul Glasser}
NORTHEASTERN
trok {BELARUS, Gomel, 52314}
Lithuania
xhob dir in trok איך האָב דיר אין טראָק {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}