inyan
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inyan (een-YAHN) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A significance within Jewish law.

  • n. A topic, matter.

Example Sentences

  • "Is there an inyan to learn Torah on Motza'ei Shabbos?"

  • "If you're making a chabura, I can show you some gemaros on the same inyan" (Weiser)

  • "There is an inyan to pronounce each word clearly while praying."

  • "That was an interesting inyan that the rabbi brought up, wasn't it?" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH עניין > Y ענין inyen

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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      Alternative Spellings

      inyyen, inien, inyen, 'inian, 'inyyan, inyyan, 'inyan, inian

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