alter terakh

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Pronunciations

alter terakh (AHL-ter TEH-rehkh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. An old fool.

Example Sentences

  • "He's an alter terakh."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אַלטער תּרח alter terekh

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      alter terach, alter terech, alter terekh

Notes

  • Terakh was the father of Abraham.

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