Definitions

  • adj. Lucky.

Example Sentences

  • "18 is very exciting for many reasons but first understand that 18 is a very mazeldik number. It stands for 'chai' so it will breathe new 'life' into you." (source)

  • "Have a gut, gezunt, gebenched, mazeldik chodesh and we should all be zocher to make many simachot with simcha be karov, with much siyata dishmaya and ahavat chinum for all! Amen!" (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y מזלדיק mazldik

    • 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

      mazeldik, mazzeldik

Notes

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