knish

A piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or cheese and baked or fried.

A fried, or sometimes baked, turnover made from a round or square sheet of dough containing a filling, usually of meat or potatoes.

An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough

(Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack