oilam

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Pronunciations

oilam (OY-luhm) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The world; the public.

  • n. A group of people.

Example Sentences

  • "I was just by a bunch of your chevre last Motzei Shabbos. Nu? Wanna tell the oilam?"

  • "The yeshivishe oilam doesn't watch TV." (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH עולם olám > Y עולם oylem

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      oylem, oylam, olam, oilom, oilem, oylom

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