hazarai
hazarai
Alternative Spellings
hazerai, chazzerai, khazeray, chazerai, chazeray, chazzeray, chazarai, chazaray, khazaray, khazarai, chazzarai, chazzaray, khazzaray, khazzarai
Definitions
- treyf (non-kosher) food
- junk food
- "Junk, trash" (Rosten)
Example Sentences
- "You're really going to eat that chazerai?"
Languages of Origin
Textual Hebrew, Yiddish
Etymology
Yiddish חזירײַ khazeray 'filth, mess; dirty trick' (from Yiddish/Heb חזיר khazer 'pig')
Who Uses This
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
Regions
North America
Dictionaries
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)
Notes
Stress on final syllable.
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