"זייגער" meaning in Yiddish

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "azeyger",
      "word": "אַזייגער"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "seigære"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German seigære",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "seigen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to weigh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German seigen (“to weigh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sīganą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sīganą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "exagium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin exagium",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Seiger",
        "3": "",
        "4": "clock"
      },
      "expansion": "German Seiger (“clock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zegar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "clock"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish zegar (“clock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zeiger",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hand of a clock"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zeiger (“hand of a clock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German seigære (“scales”, later also “clock”), derived from Middle High German seigen (“to weigh”), possibly related to sīgen (“to sink”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Alternatively seigen may be derived from Latin exagium. Compare obsolete German Seiger (“clock”), Polish zegar (“clock”). Compare also German Zeiger (“hand of a clock”), which is unrelated but may have contributed to the semantic development.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zeyger",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeygers",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeygerl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "זייגער • (zeyger) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "זייגערל",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "זייגער • (zeyger) m, plural זייגערס (zeygers), diminutive זייגערל (zeygerl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-זייגער-yi-noun-w4jPDI9k",
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "yi:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "o'clock, time (used in telling time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-זייגער-yi-noun-u1nhWVxc",
      "links": [
        [
          "o'clock",
          "o'clock"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "זייגער"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Latin",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
    "yi:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "azeyger",
      "word": "אַזייגער"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "seigære"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German seigære",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "seigen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to weigh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German seigen (“to weigh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sīganą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sīganą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "exagium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin exagium",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Seiger",
        "3": "",
        "4": "clock"
      },
      "expansion": "German Seiger (“clock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zegar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "clock"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish zegar (“clock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zeiger",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hand of a clock"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zeiger (“hand of a clock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German seigære (“scales”, later also “clock”), derived from Middle High German seigen (“to weigh”), possibly related to sīgen (“to sink”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Alternatively seigen may be derived from Latin exagium. Compare obsolete German Seiger (“clock”), Polish zegar (“clock”). Compare also German Zeiger (“hand of a clock”), which is unrelated but may have contributed to the semantic development.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zeyger",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeygers",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeygerl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "זייגער • (zeyger) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "זייגערל",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "זייגער • (zeyger) m, plural זייגערס (zeygers), diminutive זייגערל (zeygerl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "o'clock, time (used in telling time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "o'clock",
          "o'clock"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "זייגער"
}