lamden
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Pronunciations

lamden (LAHM-dehn) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Apparently he's turning out to be quite the lamden."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Heb למדן lamdán, Yiddish lámdn

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      lamdan, lamdn

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