mishpacha

Pronunciations

mishpacha	(meesh-PUH-chuh)
mishpacha	(meesh-pah-CHAH)

Definitions

• n. "Literally, "family". ...The word conveys a warm feeling of friendship." (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• On a wedding celebration invitation: "Come celebrate with us as we welcome a new branch of our Mishpacha"
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb משפּחה mishpakhá, Yiddish mishpókhe / mishpúkhe
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings

mishpocha, mishpukha, mishpucha, mishpocheh, mishpuche, mishpokhe, mishpoche, mushpuche, meshpucha, mishpuha, mishpaha, mishpoha