An alternative English spelling of hamantasch, referring to the triangular pastry eaten during Purim.
This is an Anglicized variant spelling of the Yiddish haman-tashn, representing how Yiddish words were adapted into English without strict transliteration standards.
The multiple spellings of this word (hamantasch, hamantash, hamantashen) show how immigrant languages blend into English—there's no 'official' spelling because these words were invented orally before anyone wrote them down!
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