breira

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Definitions

  • n. A choice, alternative, option.

Example Sentences

  • “Since I can't get my passport, I have no breira but to pay someone to do my importing for the season.” (Weiser)

  • "He had no breira, Oliver Stone, he was attacked." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH ברירה > Y ברירה breyre

      • 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

      breyra, brayra, breirah, breyrah, brayrah, breire, breyre, brayre, breireh, breyreh, brayreh

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