zach
zach
Alternative Spellings
zakh
Definitions
- matter
- thing
Example Sentences
- "The gantseh zach only took two hours." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_words_used_in_English)
- "I asked you to pick up the zach!"
- "I want to help him, but the zach is that he needs to learn to take care of himself"
Languages of Origin
Yiddish
Etymology
זאַך zakh 'thing, matter'
Who Uses This
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
Regions
North America
Dictionaries
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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