"כוליגאַן" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

Forms: khuligan [romanization], khuliganes [romanization], הוליגאַן [alternative]
Etymology: From English hooligan, probably via Russian хулига́н (xuligán). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|en|hooligan}} English hooligan, {{der|yi|ru|хулига́н}} Russian хулига́н (xuligán) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=khuligan}} כוליגאַן • (khuligan) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=כוליגאַנעס|tr=khuligan}} כוליגאַן • (khuligan) m, plural כוליגאַנעס (khuliganes)
  1. (derogatory) hooligan (person that causes trouble or violence) Tags: derogatory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "hooligan"
      },
      "expansion": "English hooligan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "хулига́н"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian хулига́н (xuligán)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English hooligan, probably via Russian хулига́н (xuligán).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khuliganes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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        },
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        },
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        }
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        "hooligan (person that causes trouble or violence)"
      ],
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        ],
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        "(derogatory) hooligan (person that causes trouble or violence)"
      ],
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        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "хулига́н"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "khuliganes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "הוליגאַן",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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    }
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        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms derived from English",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant transliterations",
        "yi:People"
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      ],
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        ]
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      ],
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        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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