lamden
Pronunciations
lamden | (LAHM-dehn) | listen |
Definitions
n. A Talmudic scholar.
Example Sentences
"Apparently he's turning out to be quite the lamden."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Heb למדן lamdán, Yiddish lámdn
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
lamdan, lamdn
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