negine

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Pronunciations

negine (nuh-GEE-nuh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Jewish music, especially singing.

Example Sentences

  • As the caption of a portrait: "Mojszl Chazen [Szterns] who was renowned throughout Poland for his negine [vocal music]." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y נגינה negine

      • 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

      negineh, nugineh, nugine, nagina, naginah, nagineh, nagine, ngina, ngine, nigina, nigine

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