bakosha

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Definitions

  • n. Request, favor.

Example Sentences

  • “He made a bakosha for everyone to stay quiet while he said his vort.” (Weiser)

  • "A special bakosha from the oilem to be nice, because we don't get such nice, interesting "yeshivishe" Lubavitchers every day, and we don't want to scare him away!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y בקשה bakoshe

      • Who Uses This

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

      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

      bakoshe, bakoshah, bakosheh

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