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adj. Honest, legitimate.
adj. Religious.
"They're really erliche Yidden."
"Years ago the highest compliment that one could give to a Jew was not that he or she is frum, but that he or she is ehrlich." (source)
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ערלעך erlekh (honest, religious)
erlich, erlekh, ehrlech, ehrlich, ehrliche
Often used with Yiddish prenominal adjectival suffix: erliche yidden. "Erlich" connotes complete or legitimate observance, not honesty in personal dealings.
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