ייִדיש

→ Afrikaans: Jiddisj

→ Albanian: jidisht

→ Arabic: يِدِيشِيَّة (yidīšiyya), إِيدِيش (ʔīdīš)

→ Aragonese: yídix

→ Azerbaijani: idiş

→ Belarusian: і́дыш (ídyš)

→ Bulgarian: и́диш (ídiš)

→ Catalan: ídix, jiddisch

→ Chinese: 意第緒／意第绪 (yìdìxù)

→ Czech: jidiš

→ Danish: jiddisch

→ Dutch: Jiddisch

→ English: Yiddish

→ Esperanto: Jidiŝo

→ Estonian: jidiši

→ Faroese: jiddiskur, jiddiskt

→ Finnish: jiddiš

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→ French: yiddish, yidiche, yidich, yiddisch, yddisch

→ Georgian: იდიში (idiši)

→ German: Jiddisch, jiddisch

→ Greek: γίντις (gíntis)

→ Hebrew: אִידִישׁ (idish)

→ Hindi: यिडिश (yiḍiś)

→ Hungarian: jiddis

→ Italian: yiddish

→ Japanese: イディッシュ (Idisshu)

→ Korean: 이디시 (idisi)

→ Ladino: idish

→ Latvian: jidišs

→ Lithuanian: jidiš

→ Macedonian: ји́диш (jídiš)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: jiddisch

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jiddisch

→ Persian: ییدیش (yidiš)

→ Polish: jidysz

→ Portuguese: iídiche

→ Romanian: idiș

→ Russian: и́диш (ídiš), аи́дыше (aídyše)

→ Armenian: իդիշ (idiš)

→ Serbo-Croatian: jidiš, јидиш

→ Slovak: jidiš

→ Slovene: jidiš

→ Spanish: yidis

→ Swedish: jiddisch

→ Thai: ยิดดิช (yítdìt)

Turkish: Yidiş

→ Ukrainian: їдиш (jidyš)

From Middle High German jüdesch, from Old High German judeisc, derived from judo, judeo + -isc, the former from Latin iūdaeus (“Judaean, Jew”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), derived from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, “Judah”) + -ιος (-ios), the former from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh). By surface analysis, ייִד (yid) + ־יש (-ish).

der

Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh)

surf

אין סאָװעטן־פֿאַרבאַנד איז ייִדיש דערקלערט געװאָרן ווי „די‟ ייִדישע שפּראַך, אַנטקעגן העברעיִש, װאָס איז געװאָרן טריף־פּסול װי די שפּראַך פֿון רעליגיע און ציוניזם.

2020 April 24, Mikhail Krutikov, “װי פּאָליטיש זײַנען ייִדישע לימודים?”, in Forverts:

In the Soviet Union Yiddish was declared to be "the" Jewish language, opposed to Hebrew, which became anathema as the language of religion and Zionism.

in sovetn-farband iz yidish derklert gevorn vi „di‟ yidishe shprakh, antkegn hebreish, vos iz gevorn treyf-posl vi di shprakh fun religye un tsienizm.

Yiddish, a spoken language of the Ashkenazi Jewish people.


לאה

yi-proper noun

לאה • (leye) f, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)

leye (romanization)
leyele (romanization)


רחל

From Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél). Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).

a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel


בית

→ Alemannic German: Beiz

→ German: Beiz

From Hebrew בֵּית, singular construct form of Hebrew בַּֽיִת.

cog

Hebrew בַּֽיִת

beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)


לשון־קודש

The Hebrew language, often including Aramaic


שלמה

→ Dutch: Sjloume

bor

Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה


משה

משה גרויסע

a stuffed shirt; person who is full of himself

a male given name, Moshe or Moishe, equivalent to English Moses


בנימין

From Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין.

Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין


אהרן

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron


נחום

a male given name, equivalent to English Nahum


שמואל

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel


יהושע

yehoyshue (romanization)
yeshue (romanization)

der

Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ

a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua


רות

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


שפּאַניש

שפּאַניע (shpanye, “Spain”) + ־יש (-ish)


דוד

a male given name, equivalent to English David


יוסף

yosef (romanization)
yoysef (romanization)


בענדיט

ברוך ברוך#Yiddish

a male given name, thought of as a vernacular version of ברוך (Barukh, “blessed”), due to its similar meaning


זעליג

Cognate to German selig (“happy, blessed”).


זלמן

Compare German Salomon. Compare doublet שלמה (shloyme).

a male given name, a Yiddish form of Solomon


שניאור

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שניאור • ("shneyer", "shneur", or "shnyur")

"shneyer" (romanization)
"shneur" (romanization)
"shnyur" (romanization)

Possibly from Old French seigneur (“sir”) or Ladino sinyor (“sir”). Alternatively, also analyzed as coming from שני (shney, “two”) + אור (or, “light”), meaning "two lights".


מענדל

An affectionate form of Hebrew מנחם (m'nachém), or perhaps מאַן (man) + ־ל (-l). Alternatively, possibly from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.


הירש

From Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare German Hirsch.


פֿײַוול

פֿײַוול • (fayvl) m

yi-proper noun

פֿײַוול • (fayvl) m

Since there is no apparent Hebrew, Germanic, or Slavic source for it, scholars have looked for a Romance provenance and come up with two possibilities: one is Ancient Greek Φοῖβος (Phoîbos), a word meaning “bright” or “shining,” used by the ancient Greeks as an epithet for the god Apollo, perhaps through Latin Phoebus. Although nothing like it can be found in ancient Jewry, we come across it in the 17th century, when well-known Polish rabbi Shmuel ben Uri Shraga Faybish (or Fayvush) spelled his name “Phoebus” in Latin characters, as did his descendants. Further strengthening the case for it is the frequent Eastern European combination Shraga-Fayvush (or Fayvl), since "shraga" means “light” in the Aramaic of the Talmud. See שְרָגָא (shraga), a cognate of Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj) and Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ (shraga). Jews often gave children double names, joining Hebrew-Aramaic ones to parallel ones in the local language, and Shraga-Fayvush might be the Yiddish form of an earlier Mediterranean Jewish doublet that has been lost. The Hebrew name אורי ("Uri"), it should be pointed out, comes from אור ("or"), which means “light,” too.
Yet an alternate theory holds that Fayvush-Fayvl descends from Latin vivus (“living”), which we also find translated into Hebrew as חיים (hayyim), and that the spelling of “Phoebus” is a 17th-century affectation. A Jewish family called Vives can be found in 12th-century Barcelona, and the name existed among other Spanish Jews. And for that matter, consider also the possibility that Fayvush/Fayvl comes from the Roman name Fabius, from Latin Fabius, or its Italian form, from Old Italian Fabio.


לייב

From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo (both with variants), from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō.


בער

From Middle High German bër, from Old High German bero. Compare German Bär.

דובֿ־בער דובֿ־בער#Yiddish

a male given name, often together with Hebrew equivalent דוב (dov), i.e. דובֿ־בער (dov-ber)


רוסיש

From רוסלאַנד (rusland, “Russia”) + ־יש (-ish).


מעטשעט

yi-noun

מעטשעט • (metshet) m, plural מעטשעטן (metshetn)

metshet (romanization)
metshetn (romanization)

From a Polish meczet, Russian мече́ть (mečétʹ), and/or Ukrainian мече́ть (mečétʹ), from a Turkic language (compare Kazakh мешіт (meşıt), Tatar мәчет (mäçet), Turkish mescit, Turkmen metjit), ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).


אַמעריקאַנער

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אַמעריקאַנער • (amerikaner) m

yi-noun

אַמעריקאַנער • (amerikaner) m, plural אַמעריקאַנערס (amerikaners)

amerikaner (romanization)
amerikaners (romanization)

Ultimately from Latin americānus + ־ער (-er); compare German Amerikaner.


יעל

a female given name, equivalent to English Yael


דײַטש

דײַטש • (daytsh) m, plural דײַטשן (daytshn)

daytsh (romanization)
daytshn (romanization)

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“popular”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of טײַטש (taytsh).


יהודה

bor

Hebrew יְהוּדָה

a male given name, equivalent to English Judah, Judas, or Jude

(biblical) Judah (the fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez)


מרדכי

yi-proper noun

מרדכי • (mordkhe) m, diminutive מרדכילע (mordkhele)

mordkhe (romanization)
mordkhele (romanization)


איטאַליענער

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איטאַליענער • (italyener) m

yi-noun

איטאַליענער • (italyener) m, plural איטאַליענער (italyener)

From איטאַליע (italye, “Italy”) + ־ער (-er).


אַמעריקאַניש

yi-adj

אַמעריקאַניש • (amerikanish)

amerikanish (romanization)
אַמעריקאַניש (predicative)
אַמעריקאַנישער (masculine nominative)
אַמעריקאַניש (indefinite neuter nominative)
אַמעריקאַנישע (definite neuter nominative)
אַמעריקאַנישס (neuter nominative postpositional)
אַמעריקאַנישע (feminine nominative)
אַמעריקאַנישע (nominative plural)
אַמעריקאַנישן (accusative masculine)
אַמעריקאַניש (accusative indefinite neuter)
אַמעריקאַנישע (accusative definite neuter)
אַמעריקאַנישס (accusative neuter postpositional)
אַמעריקאַנישע (accusative feminine)
אַמעריקאַנישע (accusative plural)
אַמעריקאַנישן (dative masculine)
אַמעריקאַניש (dative indefinite neuter)
אַמעריקאַנישן (dative definite neuter)
אַמעריקאַנישן (dative neuter postpositional)
אַמעריקאַנישער (dative feminine)
אַמעריקאַנישע (dative plural)

Ultimately from Latin americānus + ־יש (-ish); compare German amerikanisch.


שול

yi-noun

שול • (shul) f, plural שולן (shuln), diminutive שולכן (shulkhn) or שולכל (shulkhl)

shul (romanization)
shuln (romanization)
shulkhn (romanization)
shulkhl (romanization)

→ English: shul

→ Spanish: shul

From Old High German scuola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of שולע (shule).


חנה

yi-proper noun

חנה • (khane) f, diminutive חנהלע (khanele)

khane (romanization)
khanele (romanization)

bor

Hebrew חַנָּה


אַפֿריקאַנער

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אַפֿריקאַנער • (afrikaner) m

yi-noun

אַפֿריקאַנער

אַפֿריקאַנערין

אַפֿריקאַנער • (afrikaner) m, plural אַפֿריקאַנער (afrikaner), feminine אַפֿריקאַנערין (afrikanerin)

afrikaner (romanization)
afrikanerin (romanization)

Ultimately from Latin āfricānus + ־ער (-er).


אַפֿריקאַנערין

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אַפֿריקאַנערין • (afrikanerin) f

yi-noun

אַפֿריקאַנערין • (afrikanerin) f, plural אַפֿריקאַנערינס (afrikanerins)

afrikanerin (romanization)
afrikanerins (romanization)

suffix

אַפֿריקאַנער


שיינע

a female given name: Shayna (alternative spelling: Shana)


צדיק

yi-noun

צדיק • (tsadek) m, plural צדיקים (tsadikem), feminine צדקת (tsadeykes)

tsadek (romanization)
tsadikem (romanization)
tsadeykes (romanization)

From Hebrew צַדִּיק (tsadík, “righteous person”). The letter sense is from an alteration of Hebrew צָדִי.

צדיק אין פּעלץ

religious hypocrite; righteous person in fur; tsadek in pelts

tsade (eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet)


ליטוויש

פּויליש

Polish, Polish (language): Poylish (the Polish dialect of Yiddish)

אוקראַיִניש

Ukrainian, Ukrainian (language); Ukraynish (the Ukrainian dialect of Yiddish)


אוקראַיִניש

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אוקראַיִניש • (ukrainish) n

yi-noun

אוקראַיִניש • (ukrainish) n

From אוקראַיִנע (ukraine, “Ukraine”) + ־יש (-ish).


גריך

grikh (romanization)
grikhn (romanization)


כינעזער

yi-noun

כינעזער • (khinezer) m, plural כינעזער (khinezer)


כינעזיש

From כינע (khine, “China”) + ־עזיש (-ezish).


שׂרה

yi-proper noun

שׂרה • (sore) f, diminutive שׂרהל (sorl) or שׂרהלע (sorele)

sore (romanization)
sorl (romanization)
sorele (romanization)


רפֿאל

bor

Hebrew רָפָאֵל (rāfāʾēl)


עקיבא

From Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā), likely through Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā).

der

Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā)

Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā)


העברעיִש

מײַן ברודער קען ייִדיש, אָבער אונדזער שוועסטער רעדט אויך העברעיִש.

My brother knows Yiddish but our sister speaks also Hebrew.

mayn bruder ken yidish, ober undzer shvester redt oykh hebreish.

ער מיינט אַז אַלע ייִדן זאָלן זיך לערנען העברעיִש.

He thinks that every Jew should learn Hebrew.

er meynt az ale yidn zoln zikh lernen hebreish.


אַרמענער

yi-noun

אַרמענער • (armener) m, plural אַרמענער (armener)


אסתּר

yi-proper noun

אסתּר • (ester) f, accusative/dative אסתּרן (estern), diminutive אסתּרל (esterl)

ester (romanization)
estern (romanization)
esterl (romanization)

a female given name, equivalent to English Esther


לייזער

Slavic shortening of Lazarus, ultimately from Hebrew אלעזר.


אַראַמיש

אַראַמיש איז אַ סעמיטישע שפּראַך וואָס ווערט שוין גערעדט טויזנטער יאָרן.

Aramaic is a Semitic language that was spoken thousands of years ago.

aramish iz a semitishe shprakh vos vert shoyn geredt toyznter yorn.


דובֿ־בער

A compound of Hebrew דוב (dov) and Yiddish בער (ber), both meaning bear.


יוסי

a male given name, Yossi, equivalent to English Joe or Joey


אַלף

aleph (first letter of the Hebrew script)


גימל

bor

Hebrew גִּימֶל

gimel (third letter of the Hebrew script)


אַרנאָלד

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אַרנאָלד • (arnold) m

yi-proper noun

אַרנאָלד • (arnold) m


פּאָליאַנער

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פּאָליאַנער • (polyaner) m

yi-noun

פּאָליאַנער • (polyaner) m, plural פּאָליאַנער (polyaner)


פֿראַנצויז

פֿראַנצויז • (frantsoyz) m, plural פֿראַנצויזן (frantsoyzn)

frantsoyz (romanization)
frantsoyzn (romanization)

Frenchman (man of French birth or nationality)


לאַדינאָ

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לאַדינאָ • (ladino) n

yi-proper noun

לאַדינאָ • (ladino) n

Ladino (Jewish Romance language of the Sephardim)


אוקראַיִנער

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אוקראַיִנער • (ukrainer) m

yi-noun

אוקראַיִנערקע

אוקראַיִנער • (ukrainer) m, plural אוקראַיִנער (ukrainer), feminine אוקראַיִנערקע (ukrainerke)

ukrainer (romanization)
ukrainerke (romanization)

Ukrainian (non-Jewish person from Ukraine)


פּאָליאַק

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פּאָליאַק • (polyak) m

yi-noun

פּאָליאַטשקע

פּאָליאַק • (polyak) m, plural פּאָליאַקן (polyakn), feminine פּאָליאַטשקע (polyatshke)

polyak (romanization)
polyakn (romanization)
polyatshke (romanization)

From Russian or Ukrainian поля́к (polják).


באָסניאַק

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באָסניאַק • (bosnyak) m

yi-noun

באָסניאַק • (bosnyak) m, plural באָסניאַקן (bosnyakn)

bosnyak (romanization)
bosnyakn (romanization)

Bosniak (person belonging to autochthonous South Slavic people or to Bosnia)


רוסלענדער

רוסלענדער • (ruslender) m, plural רוסלענדער (ruslender)


שוואַב

שוואַב • (shvab) m, plural שוואַבן (shvabn)

shvab (romanization)
shvabn (romanization)


סיבירער

סיבירער • (sibirer) m, plural סיבירער (sibirer)


קאָזאַק

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קאָזאַק • (kozak) m

yi-noun

קאָזאַק • (kozak) m, plural קאָזאַקן (kozakn)

kozak (romanization)
kozakn (romanization)


אירלענדער

אירלענדער • (irlender) m, plural אירלענדער (irlender)


שפּאַניער

שפּאַניער • (shpanyer) m, plural שפּאַניער (shpanyer)


יעקבֿ

From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, with a vestige of the pharyngeal ayin realized as a velar nasal.

bor

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב


רבֿקה

yi-proper noun

רבֿקה • (rivke) f, diminutive רבֿקהלע (rivkele)

rivke (romanization)
rivkele (romanization)


טײַבל

From טײַבל (taybl, literally “little dove”). Compare German Täubel, Täubele.


סלאָוואַק

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סלאָוואַק • (slovak) m

yi-noun

סלאָוואַק • (slovak) m, plural סלאָוואַקן (slovakn)

slovak (romanization)
slovakn (romanization)


סלאָוואַקיש

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סלאָוואַקיש • (slovakish) n

yi-noun

סלאָוואַקיש • (slovakish) n


עסטרײַכער

עסטרײַכער • (estraykher) m, plural עסטרײַכער (estraykher), feminine עסטרײַכערין (estraykherin)

estraykher (romanization)
estraykherin (romanization)


ליטוואַק

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ליטוואַק • (litvak) m

yi-noun

ליטוואַק • (litvak) m, plural ליטוואַקעס (litvakes) or ליטוואַקן (litvakn)

litvak (romanization)
litvakes (romanization)
litvakn (romanization)


כעלעמער

כעלעמער • (khelemer) m, plural כעלעמער (khelemer)


איציק

→ German: Itzig

→ Romanian: Ițic

An alteration of יצחק (yitskhok, “Isaac”).


פּאַלעסטינער

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פּאַלעסטינער • (palestiner) m

yi-noun

פּאַלעסטינער

פּאַלעסטינער • (palestiner) m, plural פּאַלעסטינער (palestiner)

From פּאַלעסטינע (palestine) + ־ער (-er).

Palestinian (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent)


רייטשעל

From English Rachel. Doublet of רחל (rokhl).


בבֿלי

בבֿלי • (bovli) m, plural בבֿלים (bovlem)

bovli (romanization)
bovlem (romanization)

Hungarian: bóvli


מיטלהויכדײַטש

Cognate to or calqued from German Mittelhochdeutsch. By surface analysis, מיטל (mitl) + הויך (hoykh) + דײַטש (daytsh).


אַלטהויכדײַטש

From אַלט (alt) + הויכדײַטש (hoykhdaytsh).


יאַפּאַנער

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יאַפּאַנער • (yapaner) m

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יאַפּאַנערין

יאַפּאַנער • (yapaner) m, plural יאַפּאַנער (yapaner), feminine יאַפּאַנערין (yapanerin)

yapaner (romanization)
yapanerin (romanization)


יאַפּאַניש

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יאַפּאַניש • (yapanish) n

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יאַפּאַניש • (yapanish) n


סינאַגאָגע

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סינאַגאָגע • (sinagoge) f

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סינאַגאָגע • (sinagoge) f, plural סינאַגאָגעס (sinagoges)

sinagoge (romanization)
sinagoges (romanization)

(sometimes derogatory) synagogue (non-Orthodox)


צערקווע

צערקווע • (tserkve) f, plural צערקוועס (tserkves)

tserkve (romanization)
tserkves (romanization)

From Ukrainian це́рква (cérkva, “church”).


קירך

kirkh (romanization)
kirkhn (romanization)

From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.


קלויסטער

קלויסטער • (kloyster) m, plural קלויסטערס (kloysters)

kloyster (romanization)
kloysters (romanization)

From Middle High German klōster, from Old High German klōstar, originally borrowed from Latin claustrum.


קאָשטשאָל

קאָשטשאָל • (koshtshol) m, plural קאָשטשאָלן (koshtsholn)

koshtshol (romanization)
koshtsholn (romanization)


מיידלישער נאָמען

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מיידלישער נאָמען

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מיידלישער נאָמען

maiden name (married woman's original last name)


פּלשתּי

פּלשתּי • (plishti) m, plural פּלישתּים (plishtem)

plishti (romanization)
plishtem (romanization)

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פְּלִשְׁתִּי


גבֿריאל

From Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל.

Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל


רומענער

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רומענער • (rumener) m, plural רומענער (rumener)

Romanian (person from Romania or of Romanian ancestry)


אַראַבער

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אַראַבער • (araber) m

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אַראַבער • (araber) m, plural אַראַבער (araber)


אונגער

אונגער • (unger) m, plural אונגערן (ungern)

unger (romanization)
ungern (romanization)

Hungarian (person from Hungary or of Hungarian descent)


טשעך

טשעך • (tshekh) m, plural טשעכן (tshekhn), feminine טשעכין (tshekhin)

tshekh (romanization)
tshekhn (romanization)
tshekhin (romanization)

From Czech Čech; compare the Dutch Tsjech and German Tscheche.

Czech (a person of Czech ancestry or from Czechia)


מאַדזשאַר

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מאַדזשאַר • (madzhar) m

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מאַדזשאַר • (madzhar) m, plural מאַדזשאַרן (madzharn)

madzhar (romanization)
madzharn (romanization)


גריכיש

From Middle High German kriechisch, from Old High German chriehhisc. By surface analysis, גריך (grikh) + ־יש (-ish). Cognate with German griechisch.


תּיפֿלה

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תּיפֿלה • (tifle) f

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תּיפֿלה • (tifle) f, plural תּיפֿלות (tifles)

tifle (romanization)
tifles (romanization)

From Hebrew תיפלה / תִּפְלָה (“idleness, frivolity”).


יאַנקל

יעקבֿ יעקבֿ#Yiddish

a male given name: diminutive of יעקבֿ (yankev)


יאָסל

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יאָסל • (yosl) m, diminutive יאָסעלע (yosele)

yosl (romanization)
yosele (romanization)

Hebrew: יוֹסְל (yós'l)


ביילע

Of Slavic origin, cognate with Russian белый (belyj, “white”). Alternatively, from Old French belle (“beautiful”) or Old Italian bella (“beautiful”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Bella


ניקאָלײַ

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


גיטל

→ Hebrew: טובה (tová) (calque)


אויסטראַליער

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אויסטראַליער • (oystralyer) m

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אויסטראַליער • (oystralyer) m


אויסטראַליש

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אויסטראַליש • (oystralish)

oystralish (romanization)
אויסטראַליש (predicative)
אויסטראַלישער (masculine nominative)
אויסטראַליש (indefinite neuter nominative)
אויסטראַלישע (definite neuter nominative)
אויסטראַלישס (neuter nominative postpositional)
אויסטראַלישע (feminine nominative)
אויסטראַלישע (nominative plural)
אויסטראַלישן (accusative masculine)
אויסטראַליש (accusative indefinite neuter)
אויסטראַלישע (accusative definite neuter)
אויסטראַלישס (accusative neuter postpositional)
אויסטראַלישע (accusative feminine)
אויסטראַלישע (accusative plural)
אויסטראַלישן (dative masculine)
אויסטראַליש (dative indefinite neuter)
אויסטראַלישן (dative definite neuter)
אויסטראַלישן (dative neuter postpositional)
אויסטראַלישער (dative feminine)
אויסטראַלישע (dative plural)

From German australisch. By surface analysis, אויסטראַליע (oystralye) + ־יש (-ish).


פּלישתּי

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פּלישתּי • (plishti) m, plural פּלישתּים (plishtem)

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Hebrew פלישתי


מירל

From Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam) + ־ל (-l, diminutive).

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מרים מרים#Yiddish

a diminutive of the female given name מרים (Miryem)


רוסקע

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רוסקע • (ruske) f, plural רוסקעס (ruskes)

ruske (romanization)
ruskes (romanization)


מיצרי

מיצרי • (mitsri) m, plural מיצרים (mitsrim), feminine מיצרית (mitsris)

mitsri (romanization)
mitsrim (romanization)
mitsris (romanization)


מיצרית

מיצרית • (mitsris) f, plural מיצריות (mitsriyes)

mitsris (romanization)
mitsriyes (romanization)


שוועד

שוועד • (shved) m, plural שוועדן (shvedn), feminine שוועדין (shvedin)

shved (romanization)
shvedn (romanization)
shvedin (romanization)

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old English Swēoþēod (“Swede-people”), itself from Swēon (“Swedes”) (Old Norse Svíar), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede.

Swede (person from Sweden or of Swedish descent)


קאַנטאָנעזיש

From קאַנטאָן (kanton) + ־עזיש (-ezish).


בונים

Probably borrowed from Old French Bonhomme. Bonhomme is a family name in France to this day and goes back to the Middle Ages (it turns up in England as Bonham as early as 1327); "bon nom", on the other hand, could be a calque of the Hebrew name שם טוב (shem tov), which reached southern France from Spain, as in the family of the 13th-century Provençal philosopher Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera. And if Bunim comes from "bon nom", it is actually a calque of a calque, since Shem Tov is a Hebraization of the Greek name Kalonymos, which appears in the Talmud, surfaces again in eighth-century Italy, belonging to a renowned Jewish family in the medieval Rhineland and eventually became the Eastern European Kalman.


שפּרינצע

From Old Spanish esperanza, ultimately from Latin sperata (“hope”). Compare Spanish Esperanza. The name was brought to Eastern Europe by Ladino-speaking Jews from the Ottoman Empire.


האָלענדער

האָלענדער • (holender) m, plural האָלענדער (holender), feminine האָלענדערין (holenderin)

holender (romanization)
holenderin (romanization)

האָלאַנד (holand) + ־ער (-er); compare the Dutch Hollander and German Holländer.

Dutchman (person from The Netherlands or of Dutch descent)


האַוואַיִש

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האַוואַיִש • (havaish)

havaish (romanization)
האַוואַיִש (predicative)
האַוואַיִשער (masculine nominative)
האַוואַיִש (indefinite neuter nominative)
האַוואַיִשע (definite neuter nominative)
האַוואַיִשס (neuter nominative postpositional)
האַוואַיִשע (feminine nominative)
האַוואַיִשע (nominative plural)
האַוואַיִשן (accusative masculine)
האַוואַיִש (accusative indefinite neuter)
האַוואַיִשע (accusative definite neuter)
האַוואַיִשס (accusative neuter postpositional)
האַוואַיִשע (accusative feminine)
האַוואַיִשע (accusative plural)
האַוואַיִשן (dative masculine)
האַוואַיִש (dative indefinite neuter)
האַוואַיִשן (dative definite neuter)
האַוואַיִשן (dative neuter postpositional)
האַוואַיִשער (dative feminine)
האַוואַיִשע (dative plural)

האַוואַיִ (havai) + ־יש (-ish). Compare German hawaiisch.


אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום

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אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום

אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום • (inland-ministeryum) m

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אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום

en-אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום-yi-noun-rqqDeJaF


פּתח־אַלף

פּתח (pasekh) + אַלף (alef), indicating that it is aleph with a patach.

The name of the letter אַ, a variant of א which is pronounced as an open central unrounded vowel.


שטומער־אַלף

שטומער (shtumer) + אַלף (alf), indicating the 'silent' form of aleph.


זיסל

From זיס (zis, “sweet, cute”) + ־ל (-l, diminutive).


טאָק־פּיסין

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טאָק־פּיסין • (tok-pisin) n

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טאָק־פּיסין • (tok-pisin) n

Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business.

...אינעם פֿאַל פֿון די באַקאַנטסטע קרעאָלישע שפּראַכן, אַזאַ ווי טאָק־פּיסין פֿון פּאַפּואַ ניי גינע

2023 June 22, Dor Shabashewitz, “אַ ייִדישע קרעאָל־שפּראַך אין די קאַריבישע אינדזלען [a yidishe kreol-shprakh in di karibishe indzlen]”, in The Yiddish Daily Forward:

In the case of the most well-known creole languages such as Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea...


קאַלמיקיש

From קאַלמיק (kalmik, “Kalmyk”) + ־יש (-ish).


מאַרשאַליש

From מאַרשאַל־אינדזלען (marshal-indzlen, “Marshall Islands”) + ־יש (-ish).


נאַורויִש

From נאַורו (nauru, “Nauru”) + ־יש (-ish).


טאָנגאַנער

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טאָנגאַנער • (tonganer) m

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טאָנגאַנער • (tonganer) m, plural טאָנגאַנער (tonganer)

Ultimately from English Tongan + ־ער (-er).

וואַרטנדיק אויף זײערע לאַנדסלײַט, האָבן אַ סך טאָנגאַנער אָנגעהויבן סימפּאַטיזירן מיט אַלע, וואָס געפֿינען זיך איצט אין ישׂראל.

2024 March 5, Dor Shabashewitz, “פֿאַר וואָס זענען די דרײַ פּאַציפֿישע אינדזלען צווישן ישׂראלס בעסטע פֿרײַנד? [far vos zenen di dray patsifishe indzlen tsvishn ysrals beste fraynd?]”, in Forverts:

Waiting for their compatriots, many Tongans have begun sympathizing with everyone who is currently in Israel.


מיקראָנעזיער

מיקראָנעזיער

מיקראָנעזיער • (mikronezyer) m, plural מיקראָנעזיער (mikronezyer)

From מיקראָנעזיע (mikronezye, “Micronesia”) + ־ער (-er).

פֿאַר וואָס זאָרגן די מיקראָנעזיער וועגן די פּראָבלעמען פֿונעם ייִדישן לאַנד?

Why do the Micronesians care about the problems of the Jewish state?


פּאַלאַויִש

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פּאַלאַויִש • (palauish) n

From פּאַלאַו (palau, “Palau”) + ־יש (-ish).


לאַטײַן

From Middle High German latîn, ultimately from Latin Latīnus.