bayshn
Pronunciations
bayshn | (BYE-shin) | listen |
Definitions
n. A shy, bashful person.
Example Sentences
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH ביישן > Y בײַשן bayshn, MH ביישן bayshan
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
bayshen, beishen, beishn, beyshn, beyshen, baishn, baishen, bayshan, baishan, beishan, beyshan
Notes
plural: 'bayshonim'
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