chevra

Alternative Spellings

chevrah, chevre, khevre, chevreh

Definitions

• "society; close-knit group" (Yiddish)

Example Sentences

• "I feel like I have a real chevra in my neighborhood."

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew, Yiddish

Etymology

חבֿרה khevre

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Notes

Stress on the first syllable.