pamelekh

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Pronunciations

pamelekh (pah-MEH-lehkh) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. Slowly.

Example Sentences

  • "But pamelech, pamelech (slowly, slowly), I started to learn." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּאַמעלעך pamelekh

      • 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

      pamelech

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