nisayon

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Pronunciations

nisayon (nee-sa-YOWN) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A trial, tribulation; a test of faith.

Example Sentences

  • "He has been through so many nisyones."

  • "This involves both a misa meshunah (scraping flesh with iron combs would widely be considered a misa meshuna by any definition I can think of) and a nisayon too." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH נסיון nisayón > Y נסיון nisóyen

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      nisoyon, nisoyen

Notes

  • plural: 'nisyoynes' or 'nisyonot'

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