schav
[ shahv, shchahv ]
/ ʃɑv, ʃtʃɑv /
noun Jewish or Eastern European Cookery.
a cold soup of sorrel to which chopped egg, sour cream, lemon juice, and chopped scallions are sometimes added.
Origin of schav
< Yiddish
shtshav sorrel, soup made with sorrel < Polish
szczaw, akin to Czech
štʾavel, Serbo-Croatian
štàvelj, Russian
shchavélʾ sorrel