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Definitions

  • n. Consolation, solace.

Example Sentences

  • "what more can i say then a very big mazel tov. may [h]e have a lot of nach[e]s and may it be a nechome for him" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y נחמה nekhome

      • 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).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      nekhomeh, nechome, nechomeh, nechama, nechamah

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