avade
avade
Alternative Spellings
avadeh, avada, vada, vade
Definitions
- Of course. / Obviously!
- And how!
Example Sentences
- "If you're actually asking whether you should go and visit sick people in the hospital, avade you should!"
Languages of Origin
Aramaic, Yiddish
Etymology
אַװדאי aváde
Who Uses This
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
Yiddishists
Regions
North America
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).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
Notes
Related to the Modern Hebrew בוודאי bevadáy 'certainly'
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