כרוכית

Hebrew

Root
כ־ר־ך (k-r-k)
5 terms

כרוכית

Etymology

From the root כ־ר־ך (k-r-kh), mainly associated with כָּרַךְ (“to tie up, to warp, to bind”). Modern-day introduction by the Academy of the Hebrew language.

Noun

כְּרוּכִית • (krukhit) f (plural indefinite כְּרוּכִיּוֹת)

1. (countable and uncountable) strudel
2. at sign (the symbol @, most commonly used in e-mail addresses)

References

• “כרוכית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כרוכית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he