Noun: pyshka
| Singular | pyshka |
| Plural | pyshki |
Sample Sentences
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On the corner by the beygal store is an old woman with a pyshka, collecting dowries for orphan girls in Jerusalem: […] [1970, Avram Davidson, “Goslin Day”, in Damon Knight, editor, Orbit: An Anthology of New Science Fiction Stories, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:]
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A typical menu featured five or six varieties of oukha fish chowder with pies, all kinds of smoked and kippered sturgeon, and telnoe (fish fillets baked in the shape of a goose or lamb with many different spices and with special “lamb” flavor), not to mention pyshki (doughnuts), syrniki (curd cakes), and oladyi (pancakes). [2010, “Patriarch’s Palace and Twelve Apostles’ Church”, in I. Yudakov, editor, Moscow Kremlin Red Square New Guide-Book, Moscow: Orthodox Society “Radonezh”, →ISBN, page 104, column 1:]
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The other really tasty local offerings for street food/fast food include pirozhki[…], shawarma[…], and pyshki (пышки). […] Pyshki are Russian doughnuts, wonderful with coffee, and are strongly associated with Saint Petersburg. [2015, T Turner, “Eat”, in Saint Petersburg (2015 Travel Guides; 14), →ISBN:]
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I have fond memories of eating pyshki in St. Petersburg about 10 years ago. I […] finally got a few pyshki, which my ignorant Muscovite self no doubt referred to as ponchiki, and ate them right there, standing up and drinking tea. [2021, Anna Kharzeeva, “The deep-fried bad guy of the Soviet diet. Ponchiki (doughnuts)”, in The Soviet Diet Cookbook: Exploring Life, Culture and History – One Recipe at a Time, →ISBN:]
Etymology
From Russian пы́шка (pýška).