narishkeit
narishkeit
Alternative Spellings
narishkayt, narishkeyt
Definitions
- "1. Foolishness 2. A triviality" (Rosten)
Example Sentences
- "Why would we even discuss such narishkeit?"
Languages of Origin
Yiddish
Etymology
נאַרישקײט nárishkayt
Who Uses This
Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
Regions
North America
Dictionaries
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
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