yid
Pronunciations
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Definitions
n. A Jewish person.
n. A derogatory term used by non-Jews for a Jewish person (particularly so in Great Britain).
Example Sentences
Are there any yidden where you work?
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
Yiddish ייִד, 'a Jew (male)'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Younger: Jews in their 30s or younger
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- 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).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Notes
plural yidn / yidden / yiden (ייִדן)
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