gebentsht
Pronunciations
gebentsht | (guh-BENTSHT) | listen |
Definitions
adj. Blessed.
Example Sentences
"I wish everyone a gebensched and healthy new year, a k’sivah v’chasima tova." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
געבענשט gebentsht
- 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
gebenched, gebentshed, gebencht, gebentcht, gebentched
Notes
See also zay gebentsht and bentsh.
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