chazir
chazir
Alternative Spellings
chozzer, chazer, khazir, khazer, chazzer
Definitions
- 1. pork 2. a pig, greedy person (JPS)
Example Sentences
- "Don't be such a chazir. Leave some food for other people."
Languages of Origin
Textual Hebrew, Yiddish
Etymology
Heb חזיר khazír, Yiddish חזיר kházer
Who Uses This
Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
Regions
North America
Dictionaries
The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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