kharpe
Definitions
n. A shame, disgrace.
Example Sentences
"What a charpe and bishe you bestow on yourself, while putting out motzi shem rah and silsul on the IDF and bachurim Tmimim!" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y חרפּה kharpe
- 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
kharpeh, charpeh, charpe
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