"חיים" meaning in Yiddish

See חיים in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: khayem [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|חַיִּים|t=life|tr=khayím}} Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”), {{root|yi|he|ח־י־ה}} Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=m|tr=khayem}} חיים • (khayem) m
  1. a male given name, Chaim
    Sense id: en-חיים-yi-name-pptmYHCU Categories (other): Yiddish given names, Yiddish male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 26 4 31 1 5 23 4 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 85 15

Noun

Forms: khayem [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|חַיִּים|t=life|tr=khayím}} Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”), {{root|yi|he|ח־י־ה}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=khayem}} חיים • (khayem) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|tr=khayem}} חיים • (khayem) m
  1. (especially in the context of religion) life Tags: especially Synonyms: לעבן Related terms: לחיים (lekhayem)
    Sense id: en-חיים-yi-noun-Y71wZe8e Categories (other): Religion
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