bayshn

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Pronunciations

bayshn (BYE-shin) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A shy, bashful person.

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH ביישן > Y בײַשן bayshn, MH ביישן bayshan

      • 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

      bayshen, beishen, beishn, beyshn, beyshen, baishn, baishen, bayshan, baishan, beishan, beyshan

Notes

  • plural: 'bayshonim'

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