khaverte

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Pronunciations

khaverte (KHAH-vur-teh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. (female) A friend.

  • n. (in left-wing political organizations) Comrade, miss.

Example Sentences

  • "His wife – the warm Khaverte [female friend] Rokhel, welcomed everyone warmly and together with her husband, was beloved in the movement." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חבֿרטע khaverte

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
      • Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      khaverteh, chaverteh, chaverte

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