zach
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Pronunciations

zach (ZAHKH) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Thing.

  • n. Matter.

Example Sentences

  • "The gantseh zach only took two hours." (source)

  • "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"

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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
      • Great Britain

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      zakh

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