avade

Definitions

• adv. Of course. / Obviously!
  

• interj. 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 Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

avadeh, avada, vada, vade