דריידל

Yiddish

Etymology

From דרייען‎ (dreyen, “turn, spin”) +‎ ־ל‎ (-l, “diminutive”).

Noun

דריידל • (dreydl) n, plural דריידלעך‎ (dreydlekh)

spinning top
(specifically) Hanukkah dreidel

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "dreidel" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

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