ייִדיש

yidish (romanization)
אידיש (alternative)
יודיש (alternative Daytshmerish)

→ 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).

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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.


ירושלים

/jərʊʃɔˈɫajəm/

/jərɪʃʊˈɫajəm/

From Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.

bor

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


אידיש

ייִדיש ייִדיש#Yiddish


לאה

yi-proper noun

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

leye (romanization)
leyele (romanization)

a female given name, equivalent to English Leah


רחל

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

a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel


מאדים

(astronomy) Mars (the fourth planet in the solar system)

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אוקראַינע

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אוקראַינע • (ukraine) f

yi-proper noun

אוקראַינע • (ukraine) f

אוקראַיִן אוקראַיִן#Yiddish


מצרים

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


שלמה

→ Dutch: Sjloume

bor

Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה

a male given name, Shlomo, equivalent to English Solomon


נתן

(biblical) Nathan (an Old Testament prophet who advised King David)

a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan


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

(biblical) Benjamin (the youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible)


קדר

yi-noun

קדר • (keydar) m, plural קדרים (keydarim)

keydar (romanization)
keydarim (romanization)

A witch or sorceror specifically of the Tatar ethnicity of Eastern Europe and the Crimea


אהרן

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron

(biblical) Aaron (the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran)


רות

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth

(biblical) Ruth (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)

(biblical) Ruth (the resident of Moab around whom the text centers)


יונה

yi-proper noun

יונה • (yoyne) m, diminutive יונהלע (yoynele)

yoyne (romanization)
yoynele (romanization)

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yoná, “Jonah”)

bor+

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jonah


שמואל

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel


במדבר

bor

בַּמִּדְבָּר


שמות

Hebrew שֵׁמוֹת

Five Books of Moses
Five Books of Moses#English

Exodus (second book of the Five Books of Moses)


יהושע

yehoyshue (romanization)
yeshue (romanization)

der

Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ

a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua

(biblical) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure)

Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)


ויקרא

bor

Hebrew וַיִּקְרָא


נחום

a male given name, equivalent to English Nahum


תנ״ך

תּנ״ך תּנ״ך#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּנ״ך (tanakh).


אויסטראַליע

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אויסטראַליע • (oystralye)

/ɔɪ̯sˈtʀaʎjə/

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


אַזיע

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía), possibly through a Slavic language (compare Russian Азия (Azija), Polish Azja).

Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)


אייראָפּע

אייראָפּע • (eyrope) f

Ultimately from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)


אַמעריקע

From a Latinized form of the forename of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Compare German Amerika.

America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)

United States of America
United States of America#English

America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)


אַפֿריקע

אַפֿריקע • (afrike)

Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)


אַרגענטינע

אַרגענטינע • (argentine)

/aʁɡɛnˈtɪnə/


ייִדן

ייִדן • (yidn)

ייִד ייִד#Yiddish

accusative/dative singular of ייִד (yid).

ייִד ייִד#Yiddish


מעקסיקע

From Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco.


פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן • (fareynikte shtatn) m pl

yi-proper noun

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן

United States (a country in North America)

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קאַנאַדע

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קאַנאַדע • (kanade) f

yi-proper noun

קאַנאַדע • (kanade) f

From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).


דאָרפֿמאַן

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דאָרפֿמאַן • (dorfman) m

yi-noun

דאָרפֿמאַן • (dorfman) m, plural דאָרפֿמענער (dorfmener)

dorfman (romanization)
dorfmener (romanization)

דאָרף (dorf, “village; countryside”) + מאַן (man, “man”)


ים סוף

yam suf (romanization)
ים־סוף (alternative)


דוד

(biblical) David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king of ancient Israel.

a male given name, equivalent to English David


אברהם

אַבֿרהם אַבֿרהם#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַבֿרהם (avro(e)m).


שווייץ

די שווייץ (canonical)
di shveyts (romanization)

From German Schweiz, from Alemannic German Schwiiz.

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


יוסף

yosef (romanization)
yoysef (romanization)

(biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)

a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph


בראשית

From Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.

bor

Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית


מגנצא

Mainz (the capital city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


זעליג

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


בענדיט

ברוך ברוך#Yiddish

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


זלמן

Compare German Salomon. Compare doublet שלמה (shloyme).

a male given name, a Yiddish form of Solomon


מענדל

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


בער

From Middle High German bër, from Old High German bëro. 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)


הירש

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


לייב

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


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".


פייוול

פֿײַוול פֿײַוול#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of פֿײַוול (fayvl).


פֿײַוול

פֿײַוול • (fayvl) m

yi-proper noun

פֿײַוול • (fayvl) m

fayvl (romanization)
פייוול (alternative)
פֿײַוווּש (alternative)
פייבוש (alternative)
פייוואוש (alternative)
פֿייביש (alternative)

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 שְׁרָגָא (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.


רוסיש

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


שאול

a male given name, equivalent to English Saul


ביבל

The Bible, especially the Christian Bible.


ייִדישער אויטאָנאָמער געגנט

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ייִדישער אויטאָנאָמער געגנט • (yidisher oytonomer gegnt)

Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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אריה

Borrowed from Hebrew אַרְיֵה (aryé, “lion”).


שבועות

שבֿועות שבֿועות#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of שבֿועות (shvues).


אדוני

/adɔɪ̯ˈnaɪ̯/

From Hebrew אֲדוֹנָי (adonáy, “The Lord, God”).


ליטא

ליטאָ ליטאָ#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of ליטאָ (lito).


ליטא

ליטאַ ליטאַ#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of ליטאַ (lita).


יעל

a female given name, equivalent to English Yael


זון

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén, from *sóh₂wl̥.

די זון איז אַ שטערן וואָס וואַרפֿט אימער אַרויס ענערגיע וואָס באַשאַפֿט שטראַלן.

di zun iz a shtern vos varft imer aroys energye vos bashaft shtraln.

The sun is a star that constantly gives off energy that creates rays.

(astronomy) the Sun (the star at the center of the Solar System)


בריסל

From German Brüssel, from either Middle Dutch or Modern Dutch Brussel.


רוסלאנד

רוסלאַנד רוסלאַנד#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of רוסלאַנד (rusland).


קין

(biblical) Cain (the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel)


עסטלאנד

עסטלאַנד עסטלאַנד#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of עסטלאַנד (estland).


דײַטש

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

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)

(biblical) Judah, Judea (a traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel)


חווה

yi-proper noun

חווה • (khave) f, diminutive חווהלע (khavele)

khave (romanization)
khavele (romanization)
חוה (alternative)

Borrowed from Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá, “Eve”)

bor+

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Eve


יצחק

yitskhok (romanization)
איציק (alternative)

(biblical) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)

a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac


מרדכי

yi-proper noun

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

mordkhe (romanization)
mordkhele (romanization)

a male given name, Mordecai or Mordechai


וויקיווערטערבוך

From וויקי־ (viki-, “wiki-”) + ווערטערבוך (verterbukh, “dictionary”), calque of English Wiktionary.

prefix

yi:וויקיווערטערבוך


איטאַליענער

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איטאַליענער • (italyener) m

yi-noun

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

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


ניו יאָרק

ניו־יאָרק ניו־יאָרק#Yiddish

alternative spelling of ניו־יאָרק (nyu-york)


ישו

yeyshu (romanization)
yishu (romanization)


מערקור

From German Merkur, from Latin Mercurius.


פֿוקס

From Middle High German vuhs, rom Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos, from *pewk- (“thick-haired”).


ציריך

tsirikh (romanization)
צירעך (alternative)

From Old High German Zurih, from Latin Turicum. Compare Alemannic German Züri, German Zürich.

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


תל אביב

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ תּל־אָבֿיבֿ#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּל־אָבֿיבֿ (tel-oviv).


גיהנום

genem (romanization)
gehenem (romanization)
גהינם (alternative)
גענעם (alternative)
גענעמ (alternative)

גיה‧נום גי‧ה‧נום

From Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם.

bor

Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם

(religion) hell (specifically Gehinnom in Judaism)


ניו־יאָרק

nyu-york (romanization)
ניו יאָרק (alternative)

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


אײַז־ים

אײַז (ayz, “ice”) + ים (yam, “sea, ocean”)


שאָטלאַנד

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


שפּאַניע

Ultimately from Latin Hispānia; according to the Etymological Dictionary of the Yiddish Language by Alexander Beider, descended via Ladino Espanya.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


פֿראַנקרײַך

/ˈfʁaŋkʁaɪ̯χ/

From Middle High German Frankreich, from Old High German Franko (“Frank”, noun) + rīhhi (“power, might, empire”). Cognate with German Frankreich.

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


עסן

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Essen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


חנה

yi-proper noun

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

khane (romanization)
khanele (romanization)

a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah

(biblical) Hannah (mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament)


מישיגן

מישיגען מישיגען#Yiddish

alternative form of מישיגען (mishigen):
Michigan (a state of the United States)

מישיגען מישיגען#Yiddish

Michigan, Lake Michigan (a large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana)


משנה

מישנה מישנה#Yiddish


פּאָרטוגאַל

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פּאָרטוגאַל • (Portugal) n


פּוילן

Inherited from Middle High German Polen, Polēnen. Compare German Polen, Pohlen.


דײַטשלאַנד

From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. The adjective דײַטש (daytsh) is from Middle High German diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisc (“of the people”)). Essentially דײַטש (daytsh, “German”) + לאַנד (land, “country”).

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Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


יום־כּיפּור

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יום־כּיפּור • (yonkiper) m

From Hebrew יוֹם כִּפּוּר (yom kippúr, literally “day of atonement”).

bor

יוֹם כִּפּוּר


גאַליציע

Galitsie (romanization)
Galitsye (romanization)

Galicia (former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine)


ביאַלאָסטאָק

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ביאַלאָסטאָק • (Byalostok)

Byalostok (romanization)
ביאָלאָסטאָק (alternative)
ביאַליסטאָק (alternative)

Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship#English

Białystok (the capital city of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland)


אַלבאַניע

אַלבאַניע • (albanye) ?

yi-proper noun

אַלבאַניע • (albanye) ?

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


שרה

שׂרה שׂרה#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of שׂרה (sore).


סיני

bor

Hebrew סִינַי


תּורה

(figuratively) Any teachings, ways of thought, etc, associated with a particular individual or doctrine (eg. Marxism)


אליהו

Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ

(Abrahamism, biblical) Elijah (an Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions)


ישׂראל

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


תּלמוד

תּלמוד־תּורה

Talmud Torah, free school for poor children


בית המקדש

בית־המקדש (canonical)
beys-hamikdesh (romanization)

From Hebrew בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ (béit-hamikdásh).

בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ

Temple in Jerusalem
Temple in Jerusalem#English:_Q3906600

yi:בית המקדש


שנײַדער

From Middle High German snīdære, from the verb in Yiddish שנײַדן (shnaydn, “to cut”). Compare German Schneider, dated Dutch snijder.

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Schneider


ייִוואָ

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ייִוואָ • (yivo) m

Acronym of ייִדישער וויסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט (yidisher visnshaftlekher institut, “Jewish Scientific Institute”).


אחשורוש

From Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ.

bor

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ


סוכות

יעדן זמן אויפסניי, חול־המועד סוכות אָדער חול־המועד פּסח, בין איך געווען זייער האָפערדיק, וואָס מען האָט מיך גענומען איין מלמד און אָנגעדונגען צו אַן אַנדערן, גלײבנדיק, אַז דער נייער וועט זיין בעסער ווי דער אַלטער.

1946, I.J. Singer, “אַ ייד אַ מלמד פאַרגלוסט זיך צו ווערן אַ מלאך אום פּורים און פאַרלירט, נעבעך, אַן אויג”, in Fun a velt vos iz nishto mer:

Every term anew, during the intermediary periods of Sukkot and Pesach, I was very confident in being taken from one melamed and given to another, believing the new one would be better than the old.

yedn zman oyfsnay, khalemoyed sukes oder khalemoyed peysekh, bin ikh geven zeyer hoferdik, vos men hot mikh genumen eyn melamed un ongedungen tsu an andern, gleybndik, az der nayer vet zayn beser vi der alter.

סוכּות סוכּות#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of סוכּות (sukes).


שיינע

a female given name, equivalent to English Shayna or Shana


רוסלאַנד

רוס (rus) + לאַנד (land). Compare German Russland.

Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


פּאַלעסטינע

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פּאַלעסטינע • (palestine) f

yi-proper noun

פּאַלעסטינע • (palestine) f


פֿאָרווערטס

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פֿאָרווערטס • (Forverts)

Vorwärts yi:פארווערטס

Cognate with German vorwärts. The newspaper's name was borrowed directly from a German Socialist newspaper called the Vorwärts.

The Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish newspaper


ארץ־ישׂראל

From Hebrew אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל ('érets yisra'él), from אֶרֶץ ('érets, “land”) + יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

der

אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל

(biblical) the Land of Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)


ציעניזם

ציִעניזם ציִעניזם#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of ציִעניזם (tsienizm).


יונתן

(biblical) Jonathan (a son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel)

a male given name, equivalent to English Jonathan


שרײַבער

From שרײַבן (shraybn, “to write”) + ־ער (-er, “-er”).


ליטע

Borrowed from Lithuanian Lietuvà, from a Slavic language.

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


אַבֿרהם

yi-proper noun

אַבֿרהם • (avro(e)m) m, diminutive אַבֿרהמל (avreml)

Borrowed from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('avrahám).

etymon

he>אַבְרָהָם>Q9181

bor+

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham


אוקראַיִנע

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אוקראַיִנע • (ukraine) f

yi-proper noun

אוקראַיִנע • (ukraine) f

ukraine (romanization)
אוקראַיִן (alternative)
אוקרײַן (alternative)
אוקרײַנע (alternative)

Borrowed from Ukrainian Україна (Ukrajina), from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina, “boundary, borderland”).

der

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)

yi:אוקראַיִנע


אוקראַיִן

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אוקראַיִן • (ukrain) f

yi-proper noun

אוקראַיִן • (ukrain) f

אוקראַיִנע אוקראַיִנע#Yiddish

alternative form of אוקראַיִנע (ukraine)


אוקרײַן

אוקראַיִנע אוקראַיִנע#Yiddish


אַבראַמאָוויטש

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אַבראַמאָוויטש • (abramovitsh) ?

yi-proper noun

אַבראַמאָוויטש • (abramovitsh) ?


גאָלדפֿאַדען

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גאָלדפֿאַדען • (goldfaden) ?

yi-proper noun

גאָלדפֿאַדען • (goldfaden) ?

גאָלדפֿאַדן גאָלדפֿאַדן#Yiddish

nonstandard spelling of גאָלדפֿאַדן (goldfadn)


פורים

Purim (romanization)
Purem (romanization)

פּורים פּורים#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of פּורים (purim).


איטאַליע

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איטאַליע • (italye) f

yi-proper noun

איטאַליע • (italye) f


גריכנלאַנד

/ˈɡʁɪχˌɫand/


פּורים

From Hebrew פורים (purím, “lots; Purim”).


ביראָבידזשאַן

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ביראָבידזשאַן • (birobidzhan) n

yi-proper noun

ביראָבידזשאַן • (birobidzhan) n

birobidzhan (romanization)
בירעבידזשאַן (alternative)

Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast#English

Birobidzhan (a town, the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia)

yi:ביראָבידזשאַן


כינע

From German China (“China”), from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn /čīn/, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).


כינעזיש

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


דאָרפֿמענער

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דאָרפֿמענער • (dorfmener)

דאָרפֿמאַן דאָרפֿמאַן#Yiddish


שׂרה

yi-proper noun

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

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

a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah


שׂרהן

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שׂרהן • (sorn)

שׂרה שׂרה#Yiddish


תּל אָבֿיבֿ

תּל אָבֿיבֿ • (tel aviv)

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ תּל־אָבֿיבֿ#Yiddish

alternative spelling of תּל־אָבֿיבֿ (tel-aviv)


תּל־אָבֿיבֿ

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ • (tel-aviv) n

yi-proper noun

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ • (tel-aviv) n

tel-aviv (romanization)
תּל אָבֿיבֿ (alternative)

יצחק וווינט מיט זײַן ווײַב און פֿינף קינדער אין צפֿון פֿון תּל־אָבֿיבֿ.

yitskhok voynt mit zayn vayb un finf kinder in tsofn fun tel-oviv.

Isaac lives with his wife and five children north of Tel Aviv.


תל־אביב

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ תּל־אָבֿיבֿ#Yiddish

Unpointed form of תּל־אָבֿיבֿ (tel-oviv).


מאָסקווע

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מאָסקווע • (moskve) f

yi-proper noun

מאָסקווע • (moskve) f

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)


בערלין

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


בעלאָרוסיע

Borrowed from Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija).


ווײַסרוסלאַנד

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ווײַסרוסלאַנד • (vaysrusland) n

yi-proper noun

ווײַסרוסלאַנד • (vaysrusland) n

ווײַס (vays, “white”) + רוסלאַנד (rusland, “Russia”)


איינשטיין

אײַנשטיין אײַנשטיין#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אײַנשטיין (aynshteyn).


רפֿאל

bor

Hebrew רָפָאֵל (rāfāʾēl)


הקדוש ברוך הוא

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הקדוש ברוך הוא

yi-proper noun

הקדוש ברוך הוא

From Hebrew הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא (hakadósh barúkh hú).

bor

הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא

the Holy One, blessed be He (a euphemism for God)


עסטלאַנד

estland (romanization)
עסטאָניע (alternative)

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


אָהאַיאָ

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אָהאַיאָ • (ohayo)

אָהײַאָ אָהײַאָ#Yiddish


ליכטנשטיין

/ˈɫɪχtn̩ˌʃtɛɪ̯n/

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


העברעיש

העברעיִש העברעיִש#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of העברעיִש (hebreish).


האָפֿמאַן

האָפֿמאַן • (hofman) ?

yi-proper noun

האָפֿמאַן • (hofman) ?


עקיבא

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

der

Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā)

akíva, ʿăqīḇā

Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (akíva, ʿăqīḇā)

Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph, a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha


אָבֿ

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אָבֿ • (ov) m

yi-proper noun

אָבֿ • (ov) m

From Hebrew אָב (āv), ultimately from Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu).

Av, the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar


שׂימחת־תּורה

שׂמחת־תּורה שׂמחת־תּורה#Yiddish

alternative form of שׂמחת־תּורה (simkhes-toyre)


שׂמחת־תּורה

simkhes-toyre (romanization)
שׂימחת־תּורה (alternative)

From Hebrew שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה (simchat-torah).

bor

שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

(Judaism) Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday


כּלל־ייִדיש

כּלל־ (klal-, “standard, communal”) + ייִדיש (yidish, “Yiddish”)


שמיני עצרת

From Hebrew שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת (sh'miní 'atséret, literally “the eighth [day] of assembly”).

שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת

Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret#English:_Q932711

yi:שמיני עצרת


העברעיִש

hebreish (romanization)
העברעיש (alternative)
העברעאיש (alternative)

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

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

My brother knows Yiddish but our sister speaks also Hebrew.

ער מיינט אַז אַלע ייִדן זאָלן זיך לערנען העברעיִש.

er meynt az ale yidn zoln zikh lernen hebreish.

He thinks that every Jew should learn Hebrew.


ליובאַוויטש

yi:ליובאוויטש

Rudnyansky District
w:Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast

Lyubavichi (a village in the Rudnyansky District of the Smolensk Oblast of Russia)

Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad (a Hassidic sect of Judaism originating in this village)


גר״א

Acronym of גאון רבנו אליהו (goen rabeynu eliyohu, “Gaon Rabbeinu Eliyahu”)


ווילנער גאון

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ווילנער גאון

yi-proper noun

ווילנער גאון


אַרמעניע

Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


אסתּר

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

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

a female given name, equivalent to English Esther


איסלאַנד

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איסלאַנד • (island) n

yi-proper noun

איסלאַנד • (island) n

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


שוועדן

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


פֿינלאַנד

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פֿינלאַנד • (finland) n

yi-proper noun

פֿינלאַנד • (finland) n

yi:פֿינלאַנד


טאַדזשיקיסטאַן

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טאַדזשיקיסטאַן • (tadzhikistan) n

yi-proper noun

טאַדזשיקיסטאַן • (tadzhikistan) n


איראַק

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איראַק • (irak) n

yi-proper noun

איראַק • (irak) n

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


קובא

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


גרוזיע

Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


מאָלדאַווע

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מאָלדאַווע • (moldave) n

yi-proper noun

מאָלדאַווע • (moldave) n

yi:מאָלדאַווע


מאַראָקאָ

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מאַראָקאָ • (maroko) n

yi-proper noun

מאַראָקאָ • (maroko) n

yi:מאַראָקאָ


יאַפּאַן

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יאַפּאַן • (yapan) n

yi-proper noun

יאַפּאַן • (yapan) n

→ Hebrew: יפן (yapan)

From German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


האלאנד

האָלאַנד האָלאַנד#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of האָלאַנד (holand).


ערשטע וועלט מלחמה

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ערשטע וועלט מלחמה • (Ershte Velt Milkhome) f

yi:ערשטע וועלט מלחמה


אָהײַאָ

אָהײַאָ • (ohayo)

ohayo (romanization)
אָהאַיאָ (alternative)


עשׂו

eysev (romanization)
eysevn (romanization)


מארס

מאַרס מאַרס#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of מאַרס (mars).


לייזער

Slavic shortening of Lazarus, ultimately from Hebrew אלעזר.


גרינבוים

a surname, Greenbaum, Gruenbaum, Grinboim, Grinboym, or Greenboim


קודשא בריך הוא

From Aramaic קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא (ḳuḏšā bərīḵ hū).

bor

קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא

ḳuḏšā bərīḵ hū

the Holy One, blessed be He (a euphemism for God)


אַראַמיש

aramish (romanization)
אַרמיש (alternative)

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

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

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


ראָזנפֿעלד

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ראָזנפֿעלד • (roznfeld) ?

yi-proper noun

ראָזנפֿעלד • (roznfeld) ?


רײַסן

From a Slavic language; compare Belarusian Русь (Rusʹ, “the historical state of Rus”).

cog

(archaic, now poetic) Belarus (the country, or the historical region)


ראַבינאָוויטש

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ראַבינאָוויטש • (rabinovitsh) ?

yi-proper noun

ראַבינאָוויטש • (rabinovitsh) ?


מתּן־תּורה

the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai


ציִעניזם

ציוניזם ציוניזם#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Phonetic spelling of ציוניזם (tsienizm), used in the Soviet Union.


צוקערבערג

a surname, Zuckerberg, Tsukerberg, or Tzukerberg


יאפאן

יאַפּאַן יאַפּאַן#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of יאַפּאַן (yapan).


דימענט

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).


פֿײַנשטיין

פֿײַן (fayn, “fine”) + שטיין (shteyn, “stone”)


האָראָוויץ

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האָראָוויץ • (horovits) ?

yi-proper noun

האָראָוויץ • (horovits) ?


קראַוּטהאַמער

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קראַוּטהאַמער • (krauthamer) ?

yi-proper noun

קראַוּטהאַמער • (krauthamer) ?


טייטלבוים

/ˈtɛɪ̯tl̩ˌbɔɪ̯m/

Compound of טייטל (teytl, “date”) + בוים (boym, “tree”).

com+

a surname, equivalent to English Teitelbaum


פֿרידמאַן

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פֿרידמאַן • (fridman) ?

yi-proper noun

פֿרידמאַן • (fridman) ?


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


שאַפּיראָ

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שאַפּיראָ • (shapiro) ?

yi-proper noun

שאַפּיראָ • (shapiro) ?

shapiro (romanization)
שפּיראָ (alternative)

→ English: Shapiro


גאָטפֿריד

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גאָטפֿריד • (gotfrid) ?

yi-proper noun

גאָטפֿריד • (gotfrid) ?


כּתובֿים

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כּתובֿים • (ksuvem) ?

yi-proper noun

כּתובֿים • (ksuvem) ?

Borrowed from Hebrew כְּתוּבִים (k'tuvím, “Ketuvim”)


יופּיטער

From German Jupiter, from Latin Iuppiter.


סאַטורן

From German Saturn, from Latin Saturnus.


אוראַנוס

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אוראַנוס • (uranus) m

yi-proper noun

אוראַנוס • (uranus) m

From German Uranus, from Latin Uranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós).


נעפּטון

From German Neptun, from Latin Neptunus.


ראָש־השנה

/ˌʁɔʃəˈʃɔnə/

/ˌʁeɪ̯ʃəˈʃʊnə/

/ˌʁɔʃəˈʃunə/

Borrowed from Ashkenazi Hebrew רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (rosh hashono), from Tiberian Hebrew רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (roʔʃ hashɔnɔ).

bor

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה

der

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה

Hebrew רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (roʔʃ hashɔnɔ)


היטלער

Hitler (Austrian surname held by Adolf Hitler)


מאַרקסיזם־לעניניזם

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מאַרקסיזם־לעניניזם

מאַרקסיזם־לעניניזם • (marksizm-leninizm) m

yi-proper noun

מאַרקסיזם־לעניניזם

Marxism-Leninism (communist ideological stream)


רוים

From Middle High German Rōme, from Old High German Rōma, a relatinisation of Rūma, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu. Compare German Rom.

Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

(historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)


איראַן

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איראַן • (iran) ?

yi-proper noun

איראַן • (iran) ?

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


אַרנאָלד

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אַרנאָלד • (arnold) m

yi-proper noun

אַרנאָלד • (arnold) m


בולגאַריע

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


אוקרײַנע

אוקראַיִנע אוקראַיִנע#Yiddish

alternative form of אוקראַיִנע (ukraine)


וויעטנאַם

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וויעטנאַם • (vyetnam) n

yi-proper noun

וויעטנאַם • (vyetnam) n


לאַדינאָ

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לאַדינאָ • (ladino) n

yi-proper noun

לאַדינאָ • (ladino) n

Ladino (Jewish Romance language of the Sephardim)


באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע

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באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע • (bosnye un hertsegovine) f

/ˈbɔsnjə ʊn hɛʁt͡səˈɡɔvɪnə/

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

en-באָסניע_און_הערצעגאָווינע-yi-name-SVjhEFzJ


באָסניע

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)

באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע
באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע#Yiddish

Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע (bosnye un hertsegovine))


הערצעגאָווינע

Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


סאָראָקע

סאָראָקע • (soroke) ?

yi-proper noun

סאָראָקע • (soroke) ?

soroke (romanization)
סאַראָקע (alternative)


האָליוווּד

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האָליוווּד • (holivud) m

yi-proper noun

האָליוווּד • (holivud) m


גענף

Geneva (the capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland)


ייִדישע אויטאָנאָמע געגנט

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ייִדישע אויטאָנאָמע געגנט • (yidishe oytonome gegnt) f

Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Jewish autonomous oblast in Russia)

en-ייִדישע_אויטאָנאָמע_געגנט-yi-name-uh0z9Rj2


בירעבידזשאַן

ביראָבידזשאַן ביראָבידזשאַן#Yiddish

alternative form of ביראָבידזשאַן (birobidzhan)


קאָוונע

קאָוונע • (kovne) f

yi-proper noun

קאָוונע • (kovne) f

Ultimately from Lithuanian Kaunas. Compare Belarusian Ко́ўна (Kóŭna), Polish Kowno.


טשערנאָוויץ

Chernivtsi (a city, the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)


פּויזן

Compare German Posen. Diphthong may be explained as inheritance from a Middle High German *pō-, similar to פּוילן (poyln).

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English

Poznań (the capital city of Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)


פֿילאַדעלפֿיע

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פֿילאַדעלפֿיע • (filadelfye) f

yi-proper noun

פֿילאַדעלפֿיע • (filadelfye) f

Philadelphia (the largest city in Pennsylvania, United States)


שיקאַגאָ

From English Chicago, from French Chécagou, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”).

der

Chicago (a major city in Illinois, United States)


באָסטאָן

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באָסטאָן • (boston) m

yi-proper noun

באָסטאָן • (boston) m

Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)


לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס

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לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס • (los-andzheles) ?

yi-proper noun

לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס • (los-andzheles) ?

Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ

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סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ

סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ • (san frantsisko) ?

yi-proper noun

סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ

סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ • (san frantsisko) ?


בוענאָס־אײַרעס

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בוענאָס־אײַרעס • (buenos-ayres) ?

yi-proper noun

בוענאָס־אײַרעס • (buenos-ayres) ?

buenos-ayres (romanization)
בוענאָס אײַרעס (alternative)

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


בוענאָס אײַרעס

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בוענאָס אײַרעס

בוענאָס אײַרעס • (buenos ayres) ?

yi-proper noun

בוענאָס אײַרעס

בוענאָס אײַרעס • (buenos ayres) ?

בוענאָס־אײַרעס בוענאָס־אײַרעס#Yiddish

alternative spelling of בוענאָס־אײַרעס (buenos-ayres)


טאָראָנטאָ

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טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

yi-proper noun

טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)


פּאַריז

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פּאַריז • (pariz) n

yi-proper noun

פּאַריז • (pariz) n

pariz (romanization)
פּאַריס (alternative)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


פּאַריס

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פּאַריס • (paris) n

yi-proper noun

פּאַריס • (paris) n

פּאַריז פּאַריז#Yiddish


קיִעוו

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קיִעוו • (kiev) n

yi-proper noun

קיִעוו • (kiev) n


לובלין

Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship#English

Lublin (the capital city of Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)


טערקײַ

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)


סטאַמבול

stambul (romanization)
איסטאַנבול (alternative)


איסטאַנבול

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איסטאַנבול • (istanbul) ?

yi-proper noun

איסטאַנבול • (istanbul) ?

סטאַמבול סטאַמבול#Yiddish


מאַדריד

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


לאָנדאָן

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לאָנדאָן • (london) ?

yi-proper noun

לאָנדאָן • (london) ?

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)


ענגלאַנד

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


וויילז

Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


קעלן

Ultimately from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“(Agrippine) Colony”), which see German Köln.

der

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


קראָקע

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship#English

Krakow (a city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole)


מינכן

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


שטראַסבורג

shtrasburg (romanization)
סטראַסבורג (alternative)

Strasbourg (the capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est)


סטראַסבורג

שטראַסבורג שטראַסבורג#Yiddish

alternative form of שטראַסבורג (shtrasburg, “Strasbourg”), the capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est


באַזל

Basel (the capital city of Basel-Stadt canton, Switzerland)


זשיטאָמיר

Zhytomyr (a city, the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine)


אָדעס

Odessa (a port city, the administrative center of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine)


אַדעס

אָדעס אָדעס#Yiddish


פּראַג

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פּראַג • (prag) ?

yi-proper noun

פּראַג • (prag) ?

prag (romanization)
פּראָג (alternative)

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


פּראָג

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פּראָג • (prog) ?

yi-proper noun

פּראָג • (prog) ?

פּראַג פּראַג#Yiddish


פֿראַנקפֿורט

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פֿראַנקפֿורט • (frankfurt) ?

yi-proper noun

פֿראַנקפֿורט • (frankfurt) ?

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


לאָדזש

Lodz Voivodeship
Lodz Voivodeship#English

Łódź (the capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland)


ווענעציע

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)


אַמסטערדאַם

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אַמסטערדאַם • (amsterdam) n

yi-proper noun

אַמסטערדאַם • (amsterdam) n

Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)


מאַנטשעסטער

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)


ברוקלין

Brooklyn (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


מאַנהעטן

From English Manhattan, from Unami mënatay or Munsee munahan (“island”).

Manhattan (a borough and island of New York City, New York, United States)


וויליאַמסבורג

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וויליאַמסבורג • (vilyamsburg) ?

yi-proper noun

וויליאַמסבורג • (vilyamsburg) ?

Williamsburg (a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York)

yi:וויליאמסבורג, ברוקלין


פּעטערבורג

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English:_Q656

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)


לענינגראַד

(historical) Leningrad (the former name (from 1924-1991) of Saint Petersburg, a major city in Russia)


וואָלגאָגראַד

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וואָלגאָגראַד • (volgograd) ?

yi-proper noun

וואָלגאָגראַד • (volgograd) ?

Volgograd (an oblast in southwestern Russia)

Volgograd (a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia)


סטאַלינגראַד

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סטאַלינגראַד • (stalingrad) ?

yi-proper noun

סטאַלינגראַד • (stalingrad) ?

(historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)


אירלאַנד

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אירלאַנד • (irland) n

yi-proper noun

אירלאַנד • (irland) n

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


אייבערשטער

eybershter (romanization)
אויבערשטער (alternative)

Nominalization of the masculine nominative singular form of אייבערשט (eybersht), possibly as a semantic loan from Russian всевы́шний (vsevýšnij) or Polish Najwyższy, Wszechmogący. Compare German oberster, Höchster.

semantic loan

ני(ש)ט געדאַװנט, ני(ש)ט געלערנט, אַבי דעם אײבערשטן ניט דערצערנט

ni(sh)t gedavnt, ni(sh)t gelernt, abi dem eybershtn nit dertsernt

Do not worship, do not preach, as long as the Most High is not angered

איך האָב דאָס אַרויסגעזען פֿון זיך אַליין טאַקע, ווי אַזוי דער אייבערשטער האָט מיט מיר געפֿירט, מיט מײַן איצטיקער פּרנסה: וואָרעם ווי קום איך גאָר פֿאַרקויפֿן קעז און פּוטער אין מיטן דרינען, אַז מײַן באַבעס באַבע האָט קיין מאָל נישט געהאַנדלט מיט קיין מילכיקס? ס׳איז בנאמנות כּדאַי, איר זאָלט אויסהאָרכן די גאַנצע מעשׂה פֿון אָנהייב ביזן סוף.

1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):

I have examined this from itself alone really, how thus has the Almighty dealt with me, with my current line of work: because how entirely do I suddenly come to sell cheese and butter, if my grandmother's grandmother had never peddled any dairy products? It's truly worthwhile that you should hear out the whole story from beginning to end.

ikh hob dos aroysgezen fun zikh aleyn take, vi azoy der eybershter hot mit mir gefirt, mit mayn itstiker parnose: vorem vi kum ikh gor farkoyfn kez un puter in mitn drinen, az mayn babes babe hot keyn mol nisht gehandlt mit keyn milkhiks? s'iz benemones keday, ir zolt oyshorkhn di gantse mayse fun onheyb bizn sof.


אויבערשטער

אייבערשטער אייבערשטער#Yiddish

alternative form of אייבערשטער (eybershter)


יעקבֿ

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

bor

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב

a male given name, Yankev, equivalent to English Jacob

(figuratively) Israel (the Jewish people)


טבֿיה

tevye (romanization)
טעוויע (alternative)

Derived from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, “Tobias”).


המן

From Hebrew הָמָן (hamán), probably from Old Persian 𐎡𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (i-m-n-i-š /Imāniš/).


רבֿקה

yi-proper noun

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

rivke (romanization)
rivkele (romanization)

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca


בישקעק

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


טײַבל

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


תּימן

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


סלאָוואַקיע

head

סלאָוואַקיע • (slovakye) f

yi-proper noun

סלאָוואַקיע • (slovakye) f


ברעסלוי

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

Wrocław (the capital city of Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


בראַטיסלאַוואַ

head

בראַטיסלאַוואַ • (bratislava) ?

yi-proper noun

בראַטיסלאַוואַ • (bratislava) ?

bratislava (romanization)
בראַטיסלאַווע (alternative)

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


בראַטיסלאַווע

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בראַטיסלאַווע • (bratislave) ?

yi-proper noun

בראַטיסלאַווע • (bratislave) ?

בראַטיסלאַוואַ בראַטיסלאַוואַ#Yiddish

alternative form of בראַטיסלאַוואַ (bratislava)


פּרעסבורג

presburg (romanization)
פּרעשבורג (alternative)

(historical) Pressburg (former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia)


פּרעשבורג

פּרעסבורג פּרעסבורג#Yiddish

alternative form of פּרעסבורג (presburg): (historical) Pressburg (former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia)


ווילנא

ווילנאָ ווילנאָ#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of ווילנאָ (vilno).


ווילנא

ווילנאַ ווילנאַ#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of ווילנאַ (vilna).


ווילנאַ

head

ווילנאַ • (vilna) ?

yi-proper noun

ווילנאַ • (vilna) ?

ווילנע ווילנע#Yiddish


ווילנאָ

head

ווילנאָ • (vilno) ?

yi-proper noun

ווילנאָ • (vilno) ?

ווילנע ווילנע#Yiddish


ליטאָ

ליטע ליטע#Yiddish


ליטאַ

ליטע ליטע#Yiddish


סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד

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סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד

סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד • (sovetn-farband) m

yi-proper noun

סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד

sovetn-farband (romanization)
ראַטן־פֿאַרבאַנד (alternative)
פֿסס״ר (alternative)

Soviet Union
Soviet Union#English:_Q15180

(historical) Soviet Union (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries)


ענקאַוועדע

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ענקאַוועדע • (enkavede) f

yi-proper noun

ענקאַוועדע • (enkavede) f

From the pronunciation of the Russian acronym НКВД (NKVD).

(historical, Soviet Union) NKVD (Soviet secret police)


קאַגעבע

From the pronunciation of the Russian acronym КГБ (KGB).


קאָמסאָמאָל

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קאָמסאָמאָל • (komsomol) m

yi-proper noun

קאָמסאָמאָל • (komsomol) m

(historical) Komsomol (Young Communist League in the USSR)


טשעקאַ

From the pronunciation of the Russian acronym ЧК (ČK).


עסטרײַך

/ˈɛstˌʁaɪ̯χ/


מאָנאַקאָ

head

מאָנאַקאָ • (monako) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנאַקאָ • (monako) ?


בבֿל

bor

Hebrew בָּבֶל

(historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

(historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)


ניו אָרלינס

New Orleans (a city in Louisiana, United States)


כעלעם

khelem (romanization)
כעלם (alternative)


האַמבורג

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


בעלז

belz (romanization)
בעלץ (alternative)
בעלזאָ (alternative)
בעלדז (alternative)

Belz (a small city in Ukraine, on the border of Poland)


לעטלאַנד

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


לאַטוויע

head

לאַטוויע • (latvye) f

yi-proper noun

לאַטוויע • (latvye) f


וויליִע

head

וויליִע • (vilie) f

yi-proper noun

וויליִע • (vilie) f

vilie (romanization)
וויליע (alternative)

From Belarusian Ві́лія (Vílija) and Polish Wilia.

Neris (a river of Belarus and Lithuania)


חורבן

→ English: khurban, khurbn

he-m

חורבן / חֻרְבָּן (khurbán)

חורבן אייראָפּע
חורבן אייראָפּע#Yiddish

abbreviation of חורבן אייראָפּע (Khurbn Eyrope): Holocaust

The sociolect of Yiddish spoken in camps during the Holocaust.


ירושלים דליטע

head

ירושלים דליטע

yi-proper noun

ירושלים דליטע

yerusholayem dlite (romanization)
ירושלים ד׳ליטע (alternative)

/jəˌʁʊʃɔˈɫajəm‿ˈdɫitə/

Literally, "the Jerusalem of Lithuania", from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (yerushalayim), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דְּ־ (d'), and Yiddish ליטע (lite).

der

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania, especially the Jewish portion of the city before World War Two)


ירושלים ד׳ליטע

head

ירושלים ד׳ליטע

ירושלים ד׳ליטע • (yerusholayem d'lite) f

yi-proper noun

ירושלים ד׳ליטע

ירושלים דליטע
ירושלים דליטע#Yiddish

alternative spelling of ירושלים דליטע (yerusholayem dlite)


תּנך

תּנ״ך תּנ״ך#Yiddish


וואַרשאַווסקי

head

וואַרשאַווסקי • (varshavski) ?

yi-proper noun

וואַרשאַווסקי • (varshavski) ?


כעלם

כעלעם כעלעם#Yiddish


איציק

→ German: Itzig

→ Romanian: Ițic

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


גאָלדפֿאַדן

head

גאָלדפֿאַדן • (goldfadn) ?

yi-proper noun

גאָלדפֿאַדן • (goldfadn) ?


רייטשעל

From English Rachel. Doublet of רחל (rokhl).


סיריע

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


מדינת־ישׂראל

From Hebrew מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל.

der

מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

Hebrew מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

State of Israel
State of Israel#English:_Q801

State of Israel (official name of Israel: a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


טראַנסילוואַניע

head

טראַנסילוואַניע • (transilvanye) f

yi-proper noun

טראַנסילוואַניע • (transilvanye) f

Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)


יאָמע

בנימין בנימין#Yiddish


אסתּרל

אסתּר אסתּר#Yiddish


ג־ט

גאָט גאָט#Yiddish

(Judaism) G-d, a deliberately incomplete spelling of גאָט (got).


לותּיר

(historical) Lotharingia (the Rhineland region)


פּרעה

פּאַרע (pare)

From Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par'ó); ultimately from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“palace, pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”).

der

Pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)


וואָלין

head

וואָלין • (volin) ?

yi-proper noun

וואָלין • (volin) ?

(historical) Volhynia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus)


בראַזיל

Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


אַבדאַללאַ

head

אַבדאַללאַ • (abdalla) m

yi-proper noun

אַבדאַללאַ • (abdalla) m


אורוגווײַ

head

אורוגווײַ • (urugvay) ?

yi-proper noun

אורוגווײַ • (urugvay) ?


גרויסבריטאַניע

groysbritanye (romanization)
גרויס־בריטאַניע (alternative)

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q23666

Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q145

(loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


גרויס־בריטאַניע

גרויסבריטאַניע גרויסבריטאַניע#Yiddish

alternative spelling of גרויסבריטאַניע (groysbritanye)


דעטרויט

Detroit (a city in Michigan, United States)


מאָנטרעאָל

head

מאָנטרעאָל • (montreol) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנטרעאָל • (montreol) ?

montreol (romanization)
מאָנטרעאַל (alternative)

Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


מאָנטרעאַל

head

מאָנטרעאַל • (montreal) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנטרעאַל • (montreal) ?

מאָנטרעאָל מאָנטרעאָל#Yiddish

alternative form of מאָנטרעאָל (montreol): Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


אײַאָוואַ

head

אײַאָוואַ • (ayova) ?

yi-proper noun

אײַאָוואַ • (ayova) ?

ayova (romanization)
אײַאָווע (alternative)

Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


אײַאָווע

head

אײַאָווע • (ayove) ?

yi-proper noun

אײַאָווע • (ayove) ?

אײַאָוואַ אײַאָוואַ#Yiddish

alternative form of אײַאָוואַ (ayova): Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


אײַדאַהאָ

head

אײַדאַהאָ • (aydaho)

aydaho (romanization)
אײַדעהאָ (alternative)

Idaho (a state in the western United States)


אײַדעהאָ

אײַדעהאָ • (aydeho)

אײַדאַהאָ אײַדאַהאָ#Yiddish


אילינאָי

אילינאָי • (ilinoy)

ilinoy (romanization)
אילינוי (alternative)

Illinois (a state of the United States, named for the people)


אילינוי

אילינוי • (ilinoy)

אילינאָי אילינאָי#Yiddish

alternative spelling of אילינאָי (ilinoy): Illinois (a state of the United States, named for the people)


אינדיאַנאַ

אינדיאַנאַ • (indyana)

indyana (romanization)
אינדיאַנע (alternative)


אינדיאַנע

אינדיאַנע • (indyane)

אינדיאַנאַ אינדיאַנאַ#Yiddish

alternative form of אינדיאַנאַ (indyana)


אַלאַבאַמאַ

אַלאַבאַמאַ • (alabama)


אַלאַסקאַ

אַלאַסקאַ • (alaska)

alaska (romanization)
אַלאַסקע (alternative)

Alaska (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


אַלאַסקע

אַלאַסקע • (alaske)

אַלאַסקאַ אַלאַסקאַ#Yiddish


אָקלאַהאָמאַ

אָקלאַהאָמאַ • (oklahoma)

Oklahoma (a state in the central United States, formerly a territory)


אַריזאָנאַ

אַריזאָנאַ • (arizona)

arizona (romanization)
אַריזאָנע (alternative)

Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)


אַריזאָנע

אַריזאָנע • (arizone)

אַריזאָנאַ אַריזאָנאַ#Yiddish

alternative form of אַריזאָנאַ (arizona)


אָרעגאָן

אָרעגאָן • (oregon)

Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest#English

Oregon (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States)


אַרקענסאָ

אַרקענסאָ • (arkenso)

arkenso (romanization)
אַרקאַנסאָ (alternative)

Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)


אַרקאַנסאָ

אַרקאַנסאָ • (arkanso)

אַרקענסאָ אַרקענסאָ#Yiddish

alternative form of אַרקענסאָ (arkenso): Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)


דזשאָרדזשיע

דזשאָרדזשיע • (dzhordzhye)

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


דעלאַווער

דעלאַווער • (delaver)

Delaware (the first state of the United States)


האַוואַיִ

האַוואַיִ • (havai)

From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).

der

Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)


וואַשינגטאָן

head

וואַשינגטאָן • (vashington)

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

Washington State
Washington State#English

Washington, Washington State (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States)

A transliteration of the English surname Washington


ווײַאָמינג

ווײַאָמינג • (vayoming)

Wyoming (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


וויסקאָנסין

וויסקאָנסין • (viskonsin)

Wisconsin (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


ווירדזשיניע

ווירדזשיניע • (virdzhinye)


וועסט ווירדזשיניע

וועסט ווירדזשיניע • (vest virdzhinye)

West Virginia
West Virginia#English:_Q1371

West Virginia (a state of the United States)


ווערמאָנט

ווערמאָנט • (vermont)


טענעסי

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


טעקסאַס

טעקסאַס • (teksas)

teksas (romanization)
טעקסעס (alternative)

Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)


טעקסעס

טעקסאַס טעקסאַס#Yiddish

alternative form of טעקסאַס (teksas): Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)


יוטאַ

יוטאַ • (yuta)

Utah (a state in the western United States)


לויִזיאַנאַ

לויִזיאַנאַ • (luizyana)

luizyana (romanization)
לואיזיאַנאַ (alternative)

Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)


לואיזיאַנאַ

לואיזיאַנאַ • (luizyana)

לויִזיאַנאַ לויִזיאַנאַ#Yiddish

alternative spelling of לויִזיאַנאַ (luizyana)


מאָנטאַנאַ

מאָנטאַנאַ • (montana)

Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)


מאַסאַטשוסעטס

מאַסאַטשוסעטס • (masatshusets)

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


מיזורי

mizuri (romanization)
מיסורי (alternative)

Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


מיסורי

מיזורי מיזורי#Yiddish


מינעסאָטאַ

מינעסאָטאַ • (minesota)

Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


מיסיסיפּי

מיסיסיפּי • (misisipi)

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


מישיגען

mishigen (romanization)
מישיגאַן (alternative)
מישיגן (alternative)


מישיגאַן

מישיגען מישיגען#Yiddish

alternative form of מישיגען (mishigen):
Michigan (a state of the United States)

מישיגען מישיגען#Yiddish

Michigan, Lake Michigan (a large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana)


מעין

Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)


מערילאַנד

מערילאַנד • (meriland)

Maryland (a state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland)


נאָרט דאַקאָטאַ

נאָרט דאַקאָטאַ • (nort dakota)

North Dakota
North Dakota#English:_Q1207

North Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


דאַקאָטאַ

דאַקאָטאַ • (dakota)


נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ

נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ • (nort karolayna)

nort karolayna (romanization)
נאָרט קאַראָלײַנע (alternative)

North Carolina
North Carolina#English:_Q1454

North Carolina (a state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia)


נאָרט קאַראָלײַנע

נאָרט קאַראָלײַנע • (nort karolayne)

נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ
נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ#Yiddish

alternative form of נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ (nort karolayna)


קאַראָלײַנאַ

קאַראָלײַנאַ • (karolayna)

karolayna (romanization)
קאַראָלײַנע (alternative)


קאַראָלײַנע

קאַראָלײַנע • (karolayne)

קאַראָלײַנאַ קאַראָלײַנאַ#Yiddish

alternative form of קאַראָלײַנאַ (karolayna)


סאַוט דאַקאָטאַ

סאַוט דאַקאָטאַ • (saut dakota)

South Dakota
South Dakota#English:_Q1211

South Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


סאַוט קאַראָלײַנאַ

סאַוט קאַראָלײַנאַ • (saut karolayna)

saut karolayna (romanization)
סאַוט קאַראָלײַנע (alternative)

South Carolina
South Carolina#English:_Q1456

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


סאַוט קאַראָלײַנע

סאַוט קאַראָלײַנע • (saut karolayne)

סאַוט קאַראָלײַנאַ
סאַוט קאַראָלײַנאַ#Yiddish

alternative form of סאַוט קאַראָלײַנאַ (saut karolayna)


יאָרק

יאָרק • (york)

(slang) New York City (a major city in New York state)


ניו דזשוירזי

nyu dzhoyrzi (romanization)
ניו דזשערזי (alternative)
ניו דזשערסי (alternative)
ניו־דזשערזי (alternative)

New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)


ניו דזשערזי

ניו דזשוירזי
ניו דזשוירזי#Yiddish

alternative form of ניו דזשוירזי (nyu dzhoyrzi)


ניו דזשערסי

ניו דזשוירזי
ניו דזשוירזי#Yiddish


ניו האַמפּשיר

ניו האַמפּשיר • (nyu hampshir)

New Hampshire
New Hampshire#English:_Q759

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


ניו מעקסיקאָ

ניו מעקסיקאָ • (nyu meksiko)

ניו מעקסיקא ָ (canonical)
nyu meksiko (romanization)

New Mexico (a state in the southwestern United States)


מעקסיקאָ

מעקסיקע מעקסיקע#Yiddish


נעבראַסקאַ

נעבראַסקאַ • (nebraska)

Nebraska (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


נעוואַדאַ

נעוואַדאַ • (nevada)

nevada (romanization)
נעוואַדע (alternative)

Nevada (a state in the western United States)


נעוואַדע

נעוואַדע • (nevade)

נעוואַדאַ נעוואַדאַ#Yiddish


פּענסילווייניע

פּענסילווייניע • (pensilveynye) f

pensilveynye (romanization)
פּענסילוועניע (alternative)

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


פּענסילוועניע

פּענסילוועניע • (pensilvenye)

פּענסילווייניע פּענסילווייניע#Yiddish

alternative form of פּענסילווייניע (pensilveynye)


פֿלאָרידאַ

פֿלאָרידאַ • (florida)

florida (romanization)
פֿלאָרידע (alternative)


פֿלאָרידע

פֿלאָרידע • (floride)

פֿלאָרידאַ פֿלאָרידאַ#Yiddish

alternative form of פֿלאָרידאַ (florida): Florida (a state of the United States)


קאָלאָראַדאָ

קאָלאָראַדאָ • (kolorado)

Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state)


קאַליפֿאָרניע

קאַליפֿאָרניע • (kalifornye)

California (the most populous state of the United States)


קענזעס

kenzes (romanization)
קאַנזאַס (alternative)
קאַנסאַס (alternative)

Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)


קאַנזאַס

קאַנזאַס • (kanzas)

קענזעס קענזעס#Yiddish


קאַנסאַס

קאַנסאַס • (kansas)

קענזעס קענזעס#Yiddish


קאָנעטיקאָט

קאָנעטיקאָט • (konetikot)

konetikot (romanization)
קאָנעקטיקוט (alternative)

Connecticut (a state in the northeastern United States)


קאָנעקטיקוט

קאָנעקטיקוט • (konektikut)

קאָנעטיקאָט קאָנעטיקאָט#Yiddish

alternative form of קאָנעטיקאָט (konetikot)


קענטאָקי

קענטאָקי • (kentoki)


ראָד אײַלענד

ראָד אײַלענד • (rod aylend)

rod aylend (romanization)
ראָד אײַלאַנד (alternative)

Rhode Island
Rhode Island#English:_Q1387

Rhode Island (the smallest state of the United States)


ראָד אײַלאַנד

ראָד אײַלאַנד • (rod ayland)

ראָד אײַלענד
ראָד אײַלענד#Yiddish

alternative form of ראָד אײַלענד (rod aylend): Rhode Island (the smallest state of the United States)


קאַרעליע

Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)

Karelia (a republic and federal subject of Russia)


סאַמאַרקאַנד

סאַמאַרקאַנד • (samarkand) ?

yi-proper noun

סאַמאַרקאַנד • (samarkand) ?


אַמעריטשקע

From אַמעריקע (amerike) + ־יטשקע (-itshke).

אַמעריקע אַמעריקע#Yiddish

(endearing) diminutive of אַמעריקע (amerike)


גן־עדן

/ɡan‿ˈɛɪ̯dn̩/

bor

Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן

Garden of Eden (place where Adam and Eve first lived)


קעשענעוו

keshenev (romanization)
קישינעוו (alternative)

Chișinău (the capital city and municipality of Moldova)


קישינעוו

קעשענעוו קעשענעוו#Yiddish


בעסאַראַביע

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בעסאַראַביע • (besarabye) ?

yi-proper noun

בעסאַראַביע • (besarabye) ?

(historical) Bessarabia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine)


מאַרס

(astronomy) Mars (the fourth planet in the solar system)

(Roman mythology) Mars (the Roman god of war)


פּלוטאָ

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פּלוטאָ • (pluto) m

yi-proper noun

פּלוטאָ • (pluto) m


גבֿריאל

From Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל.

bor

Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל

a male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel


ל״ג בעומר

yi:ל"ג בעומר


שיר־השירים

From Hebrew שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים.

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

Hebrew שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים


בראָנקס

the Bronx (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


בראָד

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בראָד • (brod)


אָשפּיצין

Oświęcim (a city in Poland, the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp)


ש״ס

Acronym of Hebrew שִׁשָּׁה סְדָרִים (shishá s'darím, “The Six Orders”), referring to the six orders of the Mishnah and Talmud.

der

שִׁשָּׁה סְדָרִים


אָלמערט

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אָלמערט • (olmert)


דאַנקטאָג

דאַנקטאָג • (danktog) m

yi-proper noun

דאַנקטאָג • (danktog) m

From דאַנק (dank, “thank”) + טאָג (tog, “day”).


אַזערבײַדזשאַן

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אַזערבײַדזשאַן • (azerbaydzhan)

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)


אַלזשיר

אַלזשיר • (alzhir)

Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)


אַלגעריע

אַלגעריע • (algerye)

(rare) Algeria (a country in North Africa)


טוניס

Tunis (the capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)


בעלגיע

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


טשעכיע

tshekhye (romanization)
טשעכײַ (alternative)
טשעכן (alternative)

Czechia, Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


אַראַביע

אַראַביע • (arabye) ?

yi-proper noun

אַראַביע • (arabye) ?

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

(broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)


סאַוּדי אַראַביע

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סאַוּדי אַראַביע

סאַוּדי אַראַביע • (saudi arabye)

saudi arabye (romanization)
סאַוּדי־אַראַביע (alternative)

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


סאַוּדי־אַראַביע

סאַוּדי־אַראַביע • (saudi-arabye)

סאַוּדי אַראַביע
סאַוּדי אַראַביע#Yiddish

alternative spelling of סאַוּדי אַראַביע (saudi arabye)


לוקסעמבורג

yi:לוקסעמבורג

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (one of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


סערביע

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


עטיאָפּיע

עטיאָפּיע • (etyopye)


קאַזאַכסטאַן

קאַזאַכסטאַן • (kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


אוזבעקיסטאַן

אוזבעקיסטאַן • (uzbekistan)


קירגיזיע

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


קירגיזסטאַן

קירגיזסטאַן • (kirgizstan)


קראָאַטיע

קראָאַטיע • (kroatye) f

yi-proper noun

קראָאַטיע • (kroatye) f

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


אונגאַריש

ungarish (romanization)
אונגעריש (alternative)


יאָשקע

יוסף יוסף#Yiddish

Nickname or endearing form of יוסף (yosef, yoysef).


יאָשקע

→ English: Yoshke

Ellipsis of יאָשקע פּאַנדרע (yoshke pandre). The first part from the above, as though it were a nickname for ישו (yeshu, “Jesus”). The second part from Latin Panthera, the name of the Roman soldier alleged by some to have fathered Jesus.

ellipsis

יאָשקע פּאַנדרע

כ׳פֿײַף אויף יאָשקע.

(euphemistic, often derogatory) Jesus; Yoshke


דמשׂק

der

Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק

Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)


יאַנקל

יעקבֿ יעקבֿ#Yiddish

a male given name: diminutive of יעקבֿ (yankev)


יאָסל

yi-proper noun

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

yosl (romanization)
yosele (romanization)

Hebrew: יוֹסְל (yós'l)


קרים

Borrowed from Crimean Tatar Qırım, via Russian Крым (Krym), Ukrainian Крим (Krym).

Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)


משה רבינו

From Hebrew מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ (moshé rabénu).

der

מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ

Honorific of Moses, literally "Moses our teacher"


א״י

ארץ־ישׂראל ארץ־ישׂראל#Yiddish


סאַטמאַר

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סאַטמאַר • (satmar)

satmar (romanization)
סאַטמער (alternative)


פֿײַנגאָלד

פֿײַנגאָלד • (fayngold) ?

yi-proper noun

פֿײַנגאָלד • (fayngold) ?

פֿײַן (fayn, “fine”) + גאָלד (gold, “gold”)


ראָזענטאַל

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ראָזענטאַל • (rozental) ?

yi-proper noun

ראָזענטאַל • (rozental) ?


ראַבינאָוויץ

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ראַבינאָוויץ • (rabinovits) ?

yi-proper noun

ראַבינאָוויץ • (rabinovits) ?


פֿעלדמאַן

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פֿעלדמאַן • (feldman) ?

yi-proper noun

פֿעלדמאַן • (feldman) ?


פֿאָרמאַן

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פֿאָרמאַן • (forman) ?

yi-proper noun

פֿאָרמאַן • (forman) ?


ספּעקטאָר

→ English: Spector, Spektor


ספּיוואַק

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ספּיוואַק • (spivak) ?

yi-proper noun

ספּיוואַק • (spivak) ?


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


אונגאַרן

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אונגאַרן • (ungarn) n

yi-proper noun

אונגאַרן • (ungarn) n

ungarn (romanization)
אונגערן (alternative)


אונגערן

אונגאַרן אונגאַרן#Yiddish

alternative form of אונגאַרן (ungarn): Hungary (a country in Central Europe)


אַנקאַראַ

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אַנקאַראַ • (ankara) ?

yi-proper noun

אַנקאַראַ • (ankara) ?


פֿירענצע

Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)


יאָשקע פּאַנדרע

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יאָשקע פּאַנדרע • (yoshke pandre) m

yi-proper noun

יאָשקע פּאַנדרע • (yoshke pandre) m

The first part from יאָשקע (yoshke), a Yiddish diminutive for יוסף (yosef, yoysef, “Joseph”), as though it were a nickname for ישו (yeshu, “Jesus”). The second part from Mishnaic Hebrew פַּנְדֵּירָא (pandērā), from Latin panthera, the name of the Roman soldier alleged by some to have fathered Jesus.

der

פַּנְדֵּירָא

Hebrew פַּנְדֵּירָא (pandērā)


רפאל

רפֿאל רפֿאל#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of רפֿאל (refoyl).


געטע

Goethe: a surname of German usage, especially referring to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


דרום אַפֿריקע

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


כּבֿיכול

kevyokhl (romanization)
keviyokhl (romanization)


ניקאָלײַ

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


סאַהאַראַ

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סאַהאַראַ • (sahara)

der

Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā)


מישנה

Hebrew מִשְׁנָה


בערל

berl (romanization)
בערעלע (alternative)

דובֿ־בער דובֿ־בער#Yiddish

diminutive/affectionate form of the male given names בער (ber) or דובֿ־בער (dov-ber)


באַקאַראַ

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באַקאַראַ • (bakara) m

yi-proper noun

באַקאַראַ • (bakara) m


זאַמענהאָף

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זאַמענהאָף • (zamenhof) m

yi-proper noun

זאַמענהאָף • (zamenhof) m


פֿש״אַ

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע#Yiddish

United States of America
United States of America#English

abbreviation of פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע (fareynikte shtatn fun amerike) (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA


פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע

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פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע • (fareynikte shtatn fun amerike) m pl

yi-proper noun

פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן פֿון אַמעריקע

fareynikte shtatn fun amerike (romanization)

United States of America (a country in North America)

en-פֿאַראייניקטע_שטאַטן_פֿון_אַמעריקע-yi-name-6DbKFMqU


בונד

דער בונד (canonical)
der bund (romanization)

the Bund; the General Jewish Labor Bund.


אַשכּנז

From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.

bor

Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז

(biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)


אַשכּנז

From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.

Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז

(historical) A region centered on the Rhineland in present-day Germany, where Yiddish originated.


גיטל

→ Hebrew: טובה (tová) (calque)


טאהש

קרית טאהש
קרית טאהש#Yiddish

Tosh (ellipsis of קרית טאהש (Kiryas Tosh) (= Town of Tash): a neighbourhood of Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada)


קרית טאהש

English: Kiryas Tosh

Kiryas Tosh (a neighbourhood of Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada)


האַרוואַרד־אוניווערסיטעט

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האַרוואַרד־אוניווערסיטעט • (harvard-universitet) m

דאַווידאָוויטש האָט ווײַטער איבערגעגעבן די דאָזיקע אינטעלעקטועלע ירושה צו פּראָפֿעסאָר רות ווײַס, וועלכע האָט לאַנגע יאָרן פֿאַרנומען די קאַטעדרע פֿאַר ייִדיש אינעם האַרוואַרד־אוניווערסיטעט.

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

Dawidowicz further passed on the aforementioned ideological inheritance to Professor Ruth Weiss, who for many years occupied the university chair for Yiddish at Harvard University.

davidovitsh hot vayter ibergegebn di dozike intelektuele yerushe tsu profesor rus vays, velkhe hot lange yorn farnumen di katedre far yidish inem harvard-universitet.

en-האַרוואַרד־אוניווערסיטעט-yi-name-UTJBUm3S


אָדם

From Hebrew אָדָם (adám, “person, mankind”).


בעלאַרוס

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

bor+

(modern usage) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


טשעכאָסלאָוואַקײַ

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טשעכאָסלאָוואַקײַ • (tshekhoslovakay) f

yi-proper noun

טשעכאָסלאָוואַקײַ • (tshekhoslovakay) f

(historical) Czechoslovakia (a former country in Central Europe)


פעלקער־ליגע

פֿעלקער־ליגע פֿעלקער־ליגע#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of פֿעלקער־ליגע (felker-lige).


פֿעלקער־ליגע

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פֿעלקער־ליגע


חמישה־עשׂר

From Hebrew חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (ḥămiṧåh ʿåśår).

bor

חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר

ḥămiṧåh ʿåśår

Hebrew חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (ḥămiṧåh ʿåśår)

2021 January 20, Yoel Matveyev, “איז דאָס בערבערישע נײַ־יאָר פֿאַרבונדן מיט חמישה־עשׂר?”, in Forverts:

Is the Berber New Year tied to Tu BiShvat?

iz dos berberishe nay-yor farbundn mit khamishoser?


דאָוויד

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דאָוויד • (dovid) m

yi-proper noun

דאָוויד • (dovid) m

(nonstandard) Phonetic spelling of דוד (dovid), used in the Soviet Union.


לבֿנון

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


מירל

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

af

מרים מרים#Yiddish

a diminutive of the female given name מרים (Miryem)


קאַנטאָנעזיש

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


אַפֿראָדיטע

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אַפֿראָדיטע • (afrodite) f

yi-proper noun

אַפֿראָדיטע • (afrodite) f

אַפֿ‧ראָ‧די‧טע

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


אַפּאָלאָ

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אַפּאָלאָ • (apolo) m

yi-proper noun

אַפּאָלאָ • (apolo) m

Ultimately from Latin Apollo, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).


אַטלאַס

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אַטלאַס • (atlas) m

yi-proper noun

אַטלאַס • (atlas) m

Ultimately from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


נאָרוועגיע

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נאָרוועגיע • (norvegye) n

yi-proper noun

נאָרוועגיע • (norvegye) n

From Russian Норве́гия (Norvégija) and Polish Norwegia, from Latin Norvegia, from Old Norse Norvegr.

Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


האָלאַנד

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האָלאַנד • (holand) n

Holland (a traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


סלאָוועניע

סלאָוועניע • (slovenye) f

yi-proper noun

סלאָוועניע • (slovenye) f

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


פֿאַראייניקט קעניגרײַך

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דאָס פֿאַראייניקטע קעניגרײַך

דאָס פֿאַראייניקטע קעניגרײַך • (dos fareynikte kenigraykh) n

yi-proper noun

דאָס פֿאַראייניקטע קעניגרײַך

דאָס פֿאַראייניקטע קעניגרײַך (canonical)
dos fareynikte kenigraykh (romanization)

/faʁˈɛɪ̯nɪkt ˈkɛnɪɡˌʁaɪ̯χ/

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#English:_Q145

United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)

en-פֿאַראייניקט_קעניגרײַך-yi-name-2HI21-78


וואַטיקאַן

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וואַטיקאַן • (vatikan) m

yi-proper noun

וואַטיקאַן • (vatikan) m

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


צפֿון־מאַקעדאָניע

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צפֿון־מאַקעדאָניע • (tsofn-makedonye) f

yi-proper noun

צפֿון־מאַקעדאָניע • (tsofn-makedonye) f

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


אַנדאָרע

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אַנדאָרע • (andore) f

yi-proper noun

אַנדאָרע • (andore) f

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


ציפּערן

tsipern (romanization)
קיפּראָס (alternative)
ציפּראָס (alternative)
קפֿריסין (alternative)
ציפּרוס (alternative)

/ˈt͡sɪpəʁn̩/

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


מאַלטאַ

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מאַלטאַ • (malta) ?

yi-proper noun

מאַלטאַ • (malta) ?

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


מאָנטענעגראָ

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מאָנטענעגראָ • (montenegro) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנטענעגראָ • (montenegro) ?

/mɔntəˈnɛɡʁɔ/

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


סאַן מאַרינאָ

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סאַן מאַרינאָ

סאַן מאַרינאָ • (san marino) m

yi-proper noun

סאַן מאַרינאָ

סאַן מאַרינאָ • (san marino) m


קאָסאָוואָ

Kosovo (a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


אַפֿגאַניסטאַן

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אַפֿגאַניסטאַן • (afganistan) n

yi-proper noun

אַפֿגאַניסטאַן • (afganistan) n

Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


צפֿאָן־קאָרעע

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צפֿון־קאָרעע

yi-proper noun

צפֿון־קאָרעע

צפֿון ־קאָרעע (canonical)
tsofn-koree (romanization)


אַדאָניס

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אַדאָניס • (adonis) m

yi-proper noun

אַדאָניס • (adonis) m

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).


צפֿון־אַמעריקע

North America
North America#English:_Q49

North America (the continent forming the northern part of the Americas)


דרום־אַמעריקע

/ˌdɔʁəm.aˈmɛʁɪkə/

South America
South America#English:_Q18

South America (the continent forming the southern part of the Americas)


אַנטאַרקטיקע

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אַנטאַרקטיקע • (antarktike) f

From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós).

Antarctica (the southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole)


אליהו הנבֿיא

אליהו הנבֿיא

yi-proper noun

אליהו הנבֿיא

From Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ הַנָּבִיא (eliyáhu hanaví, literally “Elijah the prophet”).

bor

אֵלִיָּהוּ הַנָּבִיא


תּישרי

תּשרי תּשרי#Yiddish


זאַלצבורג

/ˈzaɫt͡sˌbʊʁɡ/


גראַץ

Possibly of Slavic origin, from Proto-Slavic *gradьcь (“small castle”).


נאַוואַראַדאָק

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נאַוואַראַדאָק • (navaradok)


קוידאַנאָוו

קוידאַנאָוו • (koydanov) ?

yi-proper noun

קוידאַנאָוו • (koydanov) ?

Dzyarzhynsk (a city in Belarus), (formerly Koidanova)


מאָלעוו

head

מאָלעוו • (molev) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָלעוו • (molev) ?


באַראַנאָוויטש

head

באַראַנאָוויטש • (baranovitsh) ?

yi-proper noun

באַראַנאָוויטש • (baranovitsh) ?


קאַטאָוויץ

head

קאַטאָוויץ • (katovits) ?

yi-proper noun

קאַטאָוויץ • (katovits) ?

katovits (romanization)
קאַטעוויץ (alternative)
קאַטעוועץ (alternative)


פּאָנעוועזש

head

פּאָנעוועזש • (ponevezh) ?

yi-proper noun

פּאָנעוועזש • (ponevezh) ?


טאָווריג

head

טאָווריג • (tovrig) ?

yi-proper noun

טאָווריג • (tovrig) ?


זאַפּאָראָזשיע

head

זאַפּאָראָזשיע • (zaporozhye) ?

yi-proper noun

זאַפּאָראָזשיע • (zaporozhye) ?

Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)

Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)

Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)

(historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)


פּאָלטאַווע

head

פּאָלטאַווע • (poltave) ?

yi-proper noun

פּאָלטאַווע • (poltave) ?


נעמאַן

neman (romanization)
ניעמאַן (alternative)


בּאָבּאָוו

head

בּאָבּאָוו • (bobov) ?

yi-proper noun

בּאָבּאָוו • (bobov) ?

Bobowa (a city in Poland), the home of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty


גער

Góra Kalwaria (a town in Poland), home of the Ger Hasidic dynasty


קארלין

Karlin (a town in Poland) home of the Karlin-Stolin Hasidic dynasty


סקווער

Skvyra (a city in Ukraine), home of the Skver Hasidic dynasty


וויזשניץ

Vyzhnytsia (a city in Ukraine), home of the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty


בראָצלעוו

Bratslav (a city in Ukraine), the home of the Breslov school of Hasidic Judaism


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.


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.


אוּיעזד

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אוּיעזד • (uyézd) m

yi-noun

אוּיעזד • (uyézd) m, plural אוּיעזדן (uyézdn)

uyézd (romanization)
uyézdn (romanization)

uyezd, (historical) An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century.


חורבן אייראָפּע

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חורבן אייראָפּע • (Khurbn Eyrope) m

yi-proper noun

חורבן אייראָפּע • (Khurbn Eyrope) m

yi:חורבן אייראָפּע


head

דער אינטערנאַציאָנאַלער פֿאָנעטישער אַלפֿאַבעט • (der internatsyonaler fonetisher alfabet) m

der internatsyonaler fonetisher alfabet (romanization)

/dɛʁ ɪntəʁnat͡sjɔˈnaɫəʁ fɔˈnɛtɪʃəʁ aɫfaˈbɛt/

International Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Alphabet

en-אינטערנאַציאָנאַלער_פֿאָנעטישער_אַלפֿאַבעט-yi-name-FEuXztLj


עסטרײַך־אונגאַרן

עסטרײַך־אונגאַרן

yi-proper noun

עסטרײַך־אונגאַרן

(historical) Austria-Hungary (a former multi-ethnic empire and country in Central Europe existing from 1867 to 1918)


מזרח דײַטשלאַנד

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מזרח דײַטשלאַנד • (mizrekh daytshland) n

/ˈmɪzʁəχ ˈdaɪ̯tʃɫand/

/ˈmɪzʁəχ ˈdaːt͡ʃɫand/

/ˈmɪzʁəχ ˈdat͡ʃɫɔnd/

East Germany
East Germany#English:_Q16957

(historical, 1949–1990) East Germany (a former Communist country of Central Europe, existing between 1949 and 1990)


יוגאָסלאַוויע

יוגאָסלאַוויע • (yugoslavye) f

yi-proper noun

יוגאָסלאַוויע • (yugoslavye) f

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija.

bor+

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

(historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 7 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, and Slovenia)

yi:יוגאָסלאַוויע


אָטאָמאַנישע אימפּעריע

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אָטאָמאַנישע אימפּעריע • (otomanishe imperye) f

Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire#English:_Q12560

(historical) Ottoman Empire (a large former Turkish empire centered in modern Turkey that ruled over much of Southeast Europe, West Asia and North Africa from 1299 to 1922)

yi:אטאמאנישע אימפעריע

en-אָטאָמאַנישע_אימפּעריע-yi-name-aXc0xdkE


רוסלענדישע אימפּעריע

רוסלענדישע אימפּעריע

רוסלענדישע אימפּעריע • (ruslendishe imperye) f

yi-proper noun

רוסלענדישע אימפּעריע

ruslendishe imperye (romanization)
רוסישע אימפּעריע (alternative)

(historical) Russian Empire (a former empire in Eastern Europe and Asia)

yi:רוסלענדישע אימפּעריע

en-רוסלענדישע_אימפּעריע-yi-name-2tjhOIgJ


בריטישע אימפּעריע

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בריטישע אימפּעריע

בריטישע אימפּעריע • (britishe imperye) f

yi-proper noun

בריטישע אימפּעריע

(historical) British Empire (a former empire ruled by the United Kingdom)

yi:בריטישע אימפעריע


דײַטשע אימפּעריע

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דײַטשע אימפּעריע

yi-proper noun

דײַטשע אימפּעריע

German Empire
German Empire#English:_Q43287

(historical) German Empire (a former German empire and country that existed between 1871 and 1918)


מערבֿ דײַטשלאַנד

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מערבֿ דײַטשלאַנד • (mayrev daytshland) n

West Germany
West Germany#English:_Q713750

German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic

(historical, 1949–1990) West Germany (a former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany)


פּרײַסן

praysn (romanization)
פּרײַסיע (alternative)

From Middle High German Prūzin, ultimately from Proto-Baltic *Prūsai. Compare German Preußen.

Northeast Europe
Northeast Europe#English

(chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)

(historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)


רוימישע אימפּעריע

רוימישע אימפּעריע

רוימישע אימפּעריע • (roymishe imperye) f

yi-proper noun

רוימישע אימפּעריע

Roman Empire
Roman Empire#English:_Q2277

(historical) Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

yi:רוימישע אימפעריע


ביזאַנטישע אימפּעריע

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ביזאַנטישע אימפּעריע • (bizantishe imperye) f

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English:_Q12544

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

(historical) Byzantine Empire (an ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople)

yi:ביזאנטישע אימפעריע

en-ביזאַנטישע_אימפּעריע-yi-name-8VbcES8n


דערפּט

derpt (romanization)
דערפּעט (alternative)
דאָרפּאַט (alternative)

(dated) Tartu (second-largest city in Estonia)


רעוול

revl (romanization)
רעוועל (alternative)

Compare historical German Reval, Russian Ре́вель (Révelʹ).

(dated) Tallinn (capital city of Estonia)


ביימען

beymen (romanization)
בעהמען (alternative)

Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic)


יעזוס

From Middle High German [Term?], cognate with German Jesus.


טשעכײַ

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


מאַדיירע

From Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”). Compare German Madeira. A very distant doublet of מוטער (muter).

Madeira (an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal)

Madeira (the largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island)


קניפּל

a surname, best-known from the fictional Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. Akin to Knippel, Knüppel, Knopf.


טשעטשניע

tshetshnye (romanization)
טשעטשעניע (alternative)

/ˈt͡ʃɛt͡ʃnjə/

/ˈt͡ʃɛt͡ʃɲə/

Ultimately of Northwest Caucasian origin, from Kabardian шашан (šašan, “Chechen”), via Russian Чечня́ (Čečnjá) and possibly English Chechnya given the syllable stress.

Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)


שטרויסבערג

Strausberg (town in Germany, 30km east of Berlin)


מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ

מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ • (makhatshkala) f

yi-proper noun

מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ • (makhatshkala) f

Borrowed from Russian Махачкала́ (Maxačkalá), named after Dagestani revolutionary Magomed-Ali 'Makhach' Dakhadaev.

bor+

Makhachkala (the capital city of Dagestan, Russia)

ru:Дахадаев, Магомед-Али


סלאָוואַקײַ

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סלאָוואַקײַ • (slovakay) f

yi-proper noun

סלאָוואַקײַ • (slovakay) f

Cognate to German Slowakei. First attested in (Austrian) German in 1849.

yi:סלאוואקיי


פּרעשבאָריק

Borrowed from Slovak Prešporek, itself from German Pressburg. Doublet of פּרעסבורג (presburg).

(dated, historical) Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


אַלפּן

From Middle High German alben, from Old High German alpen. Compare German Alpen.

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


אָזערע מאַדזשאָרע

head

אָזערע מאַדזשאָרע • (ozere madzhore) f

yi-proper noun

אָזערע מאַדזשאָרע • (ozere madzhore) f

/ˈɔzərə maˈd͡ʒɔrə/


באַכר־על־כאַזאַל

From Arabic الغزال بحر (baḥr al-ḡazāl), literally "gazelle river".

bor

Arabic الغزال

Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan named for the river)


זיסל

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


מעלבורן

melburn (romanization)
מעלבאָרן (alternative)

From Russian Ме́льбурн (Mélʹburn) or Ukrainian Ме́льбурн (Mélʹburn), ultimately from English Melbourne.

Melbourne (the capital city of Victoria, Australia)


טאַזמאַניע

head

טאַזמאַניע • (tazmanye) f

yi-proper noun

טאַזמאַניע • (tazmanye) f

tazmanye (romanization)
טאַסמאַניע (alternative)

From English Tasmania, ultimately from the name of Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who visited and documented the island and New Zealand in 1642. The zayin reflects the English pronunciation, compare the variant with samekh, טאַסמאַניע (tasmanye).

Tasmania (an island group and state of Australia; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901)


טאַסמאַניע

head

טאַסמאַניע • (tasmanye) f

yi-proper noun

טאַסמאַניע • (tasmanye) f

טאַזמאַניע טאַזמאַניע#Yiddish

alternative form of טאַזמאַניע (tazmanye): Tasmania (an island group and state of Australia; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901)


אסתּרן

אסתּר אסתּר#Yiddish

accusative/dative singular of אסתּר (ester)


באַסאַליאָטע

head

באַסאַליאָטע • (basalyote) ?

yi-proper noun

באַסאַליאָטע • (basalyote) ?


אַסטראַכאַן

head

אַסטראַכאַן • (astrakhan) f

yi-proper noun

אַסטראַכאַן • (astrakhan) f

...שלאָפֿן רויִק אײַן אין אַסטראַכאַן די קינדער.

1948, Rajzel Żychlińsky, “אַסטראַכאַנער נעכט [astrakhaner nekht]”, in צו לויטערע ברעגן [tsu loytere bregn], page 32:

...the children fall asleep calmly in Astrakhan.


סלאָבאָדקע

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סלאָבאָדקע • (slobodke) f

yi-proper noun

סלאָבאָדקע • (slobodke) f

[…] ער וויל זיך אַרױסרײַסן פֿונעם „שימל‟ פֿון סלאָבאָדקע, דער אַלטער ייִדישער געגנט פֿון דער שטאָט […]

2019 January 11, Mikhail Krutikov, “אַ פּרוּוו זיך אַרויסצורײַסן פֿונעם „שימל‟ פֿון סלאָבאָדקע [a pruv zikh aroystsuraysn funem „shiml‟ fun slobodke]”, in The Yiddish Daily Forward:

[…] he wants to escape the "mold" of Slobodke, the old Jewish area of the city […]


באָלדאַ

head

באָלדאַ • (bolda) f

yi-proper noun

באָלדאַ • (bolda) f


נאַרימאַנאָוו

head

נאַרימאַנאָוו • (narimanov) m

yi-proper noun

נאַרימאַנאָוו • (narimanov) m

From Russian Нариманов (Narimanov), ultimately from Azerbaijani Nəriman.


קאַמיזיאַק

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קאַמיזיאַק • (kamizyak) m

yi-proper noun

קאַמיזיאַק • (kamizyak) m

From Russian Камызяк (Kamyzjak), ultimately from Kazakh қамыс + өзек (qamys + özek).

der

қамыс + өзек


אַכטערעק

From Russian Ахтерек (Axterek), ultimately from Kazakh ақ + терек (aq + terek).

Akhterek (a rural locality in Volodarsky district, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia)


אַלטינזשאַר

From Russian Алтынжар (Altynžar), ultimately from Kazakh алтын + жар (altyn + jar).

Altynzhar (a rural locality in Volodarsky district, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia)


קאַלמיקיש

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


נאַורו

Possibly from Nauruan anáoero (“I go to the beach”) via English Nauru.

נאַורו, וואָס איז קײנמאָל נישט קאָלאָניזירט געוואָרן דורך די פֿ״ש...

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:

Nauru which has never been colonized by the US...

Nauru (a country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


נאַורויִש

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


מאַרשאַל־אינדזלען

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מאַרשאַל־אינדזלען • (marshal-indzlen) pl

די מאַרשאַל־אינדזלען האָבן אַן אויסגעהאַלטענע אַנטי־נוקלעאַרע פּאָליטיק, ווײַל זײ האָבן במשך פֿון די 1950ער יאָרן געליטן פֿון די עקאָלאָגישע נאָכווייען פֿון די אַמעריקאַנער נוקלעאַרע אויספּרוּוווּנגען.

The Marshall Islands have a consistent anti-nuclear policy because they have suffered from the ecological consequences of American nuclear tests in the 1950s.

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (a country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


מאַרשאַליש

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


פּאַלאַו

פּאַלאַו • (palau) n

yi-proper noun

פּאַלאַו • (palau) n

Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).

der

אין פּאַלאַו, למשל, האַלט מען דעם ייִדן סטיואַרט בעק פֿאַר אײנעם פֿון די גרינדער פֿון דער נאַציאָנאַלער מלוכהשאַפֿט.

In Palau, for example, Stuart Beck, a Jew, is considered one of the founders of the national statehood.

Palau (a country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


פּאַלאַויִש

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פּאַלאַויִש • (palauish) n

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


טאָנגאַ

טאָנגאַ • (tonga) n

yi-proper noun

טאָנגאַ • (tonga) n

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).

פּונקט דעמאָלט איז דאָ אין ישׂראל געווען אַ גרופּע קריסטלעכע פּילגרימען פֿון טאָנגאַ...

There was a group of Christian pilgrims from Tonga in Israel at the time...

Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


מיקראָנעזיע

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Micronesia (a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean)

פֿון דער אַנדערער זײַט, איז מיקראָנעזיע געווען דאָס אײנציקע פּאַציפֿישע לאַנד, וואָס האָט איבערגעריסן זײַנע דיפּלאָמאַטישע באַציִונגען מיט רוסלאַנד איבער דער מלחמה אין אוקראַיִנע.

On the other hand, Micronesia was the only Pacific country to sever its diplomatic relations with Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

Micronesia (a country consisting of about 2000 islands in the Micronesia region)


פקדון

פּקדון פּקדון#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of פּקדון (pekodn).


שיינבוים

/ˈʃɛɪ̯nˌbɔɪ̯m/

Compound of שיין (sheyn, “beautiful”) + בוים (boym, “tree”). Compare German Schönbaum.

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a surname, equivalent to English Sheinbaum


אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד

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אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד

אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד • (eyropeisher farband) m

yi-proper noun

אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד

eyropeisher farband (romanization)
אייראָ־פֿאַרבאַנד (alternative)
איי־פֿ (alternative)

en-אייראָפּעיִשער_פֿאַרבאַנד-yi-name-f-JPK3ul


ים־סוף

ים סוף
ים סוף#Yiddish

alternative spelling of ים סוף (yam suf)


ים־המלח

Borrowed from Hebrew יַם הַמֶּלַח (yam hamélakh, “Dead Sea”)

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יַם הַמֶּלַח


מיטלענדישער ים

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מיטלענדישער ים

yi-proper noun

מיטלענדישער ים


ברעמען

Borrowed from German Bremen, from Old Saxon bremo (“edge”).

Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)


נאַטאָ

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נאַטאָ • (nato) ?

yi-proper noun

נאַטאָ • (nato) ?


מערען

a female given name, equivalent to English Marion


אַבֿרהם אָבֿינו

Borrowed from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ (avrahám avínu, “Abraham our father”)

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אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ

(biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar)


נבֿיאים

Borrowed from Hebrew נְבִיאִים (n'vi'ím, “Nevi'im”)


ימים־נוראים

yomem-neroyem (romanization)
ימים נוראים (alternative)
ימים־הנוראים (alternative)

/ˌjɔməm nəˈʁɔɪ̯əm/

/ˌjɔməm nəˈʁɔɪ̯əm/

/ˌjɔməm nəˈʁɔ.əm/

Borrowed from Hebrew יָמִים נוֹרָאִים (yamím nora'ím, “High Holidays”)

יָמִים נוֹרָאִים

High Holidays
High Holidays#English:_Q2736114

yi:ימים נוראים


עשׂרת־ימי־תּשובֿה

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עשׂרת־ימי־תּשובֿה

עשׂרת־ימי־תּשובֿה • (aseres-yemey-tshuve) pl

yi-noun

עשׂרת־ימי־תּשובֿה

/aˌsɛʁəs jəˌmɛɪ̯ ˈt͡ʃʊvə/

/aˌsɛʁəs jəˌmeɪ̯ ˈt͡ʃʊvə/

/aˌsɛɪ̯ʁəs jəˌmaɪ̯ t(ə)ˈʃiːvə/

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה (aséret y'méy t'shuvá, “the Ten days of Repentance”)

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עֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה

Ten Days of Repentance#English:_Q1219947


טיסע

Tisza (a river in Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia)


אהרן הכּהן

arn hakoyen (romanization)
אַהרן הכּהן (alternative)

/ˈaʁn̩ haˈkɔɪ̯ən/

Borrowed from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (aharón hakohén, “Aaron the priest”)

אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן

(biblical) Aaron (the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran)