knish
noun
- Ashkenazi Jewish baked or fried snack food consisting of a filling covered with dough
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɪʃ/ / /knɪʃ/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish קניש (knish), from Polish knysz and Ukrainian книш (knyš).
- An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough