hamantasch

[ hah-muhn-tahsh, huhm-uhn-, hoom- ]

noun

, Jewish Cooking.

, plural ha·man·tasch·en [hah, -m, uh, n-tah-sh, uh, n, huhm, -, uh, n-, hoom, -].

1. a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hamantasch¹

< Yiddish homentash, equivalent to homen Haman + tash pouch, pocket (compare Middle High German tasche, Old High German tasca; akin to task )

Example Sentences

The Jewish Journal chided high-profile Jews in Hollywood, including Steven Spielberg, for failing to make their feelings about the Gaza conflict known, as though anyone gives a flying hamantasch what Spielberg thinks about Gaza.

From The Guardian