efsher

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Pronunciations

efsher (EF-shur) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. Perhaps, maybe.

Example Sentences

  • “Efsher he'll be here by five o'clock, but don't count on it.” (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • אפֿשר efsher

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      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).

      Alternative Spellings

      efshur, efschur, efscher, eifsher

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