kasher

See also:kashër

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromYiddishכּשרן(kashern),fromכּשר(kosher,“kosher”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈkɑʃɚ/,/ˈkæʃɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkæʃə/
• Rhymes:-ɑːʃə(ɹ),-æʃə(ɹ)
• Homophone:casher
• Hyphenation:kash‧er

Verb

kasher(third-person singular simple presentkashers,present participlekashering,simple past and past participlekashered)

1. (Judaism,transitive)To renderkosher.
   1. (of meat) to remove excessbloodfrom bywashingandsalting

      “Kosher salt” is called thus, not because it is any more kosher than other types of salt, but because it is used in thekasheringprocess of meat.

   2. (of kitchenware) to remove traces of non-koshersubstances from bycleaning,heating,etc.

      David moved into his new apartment, put up mezuzahs, andkasheredhis new kitchen.

Synonyms

• kosher(verb)

Translations

render kosher

• German:koschermachen,kaschern
• Hebrew:הִכְשִׁיר(he)(hikhshir)
• Swedish:kashra
• Yiddish:כּשרן(kashern),כּשרמאַכן(kosher makhn)

Anagrams

• Eraskh,Khares,Rehaks,Shaker,hearks,shaker,sharke

Italian

Etymology

FromHebrewכשר(kashér).

Adjective

kasher(invariable)

1. kosher

Anagrams

• shaker

Ladino

Etymology

FromHebrewכָּשֵׁר(kashér,“kosher”).

Adjective

kasher(Latin spelling)

1. kosher
   • 2019May 22, Silvio & Eyal Ovadya, “Un evenimyento, una dicha/un proverbo”, inŞalom‎^[1]:

     Todos los ke vinieron pudieron komer ligado d’Andirne (Edirne Ciğeri) mizmokasher,albondigas (koftes) i sarsicha (sucuk) kon salatas.

     All who came could eat Edirne liver evenkosher,meatballs (koftas) and sausages (soudjouk) with salads.

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “kašer”,inDiccionario Histórico Judeoespañol(in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “kašér”, inDictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol(in French), Madrid: CSIC,→ISBN,page275