mishpacha
Pronunciations
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
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- 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).
- View More
Who Uses This
Regions
Dictionaries
Alternative Spellings
mishpocha, mishpukha, mishpucha, mishpocheh, mishpuche, mishpokhe, mishpoche, mushpuche, meshpucha, mishpuha, mishpaha, mishpoha, mishpochah
Edit Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.