boki

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Definitions

  • n. An expert.

  • adj. Proficient, adept.

Example Sentences

  • "After going through the sefer, even if you're not boki b'Shas you'll at least have a basic idea of the different topics you have covered." (source)

  • “That bochur is a bukki at getting into the kitchen after the cook leaves.” (Weiser)

  • “He's a bukki in dates of the first editions of all the major seforim.” (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בָּקִי baki > Y בקי boke

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

      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

      baki, bocki, bockee, bokee, backi, bakee, backee, boke, bocke, beki, bekiim, bekim, bucky, buki, bucki, bukki, buki, bukky, bukkie

Notes

  • The plural of this noun is bekiim.

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