kholem

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Definitions

  • n. A dream.

Example Sentences

  • "Last night I had a cholem
    The whole word had sholom" (A Letter to Harvey Milk: Short Stories by Lesléa Newman)

  • "Ah, boy, that's just khaloymes, it'll never come true." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חלום kholem

      • 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

      cholem, khalom, chalom

Notes

  • plural: 'khaloymes'

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