khosidl

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Pronunciations

khosidl (KHUH-sih-dl) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A Hasidic sort of music and dance.

Example Sentences

  • "He frolicked through every dance step that Moshe had ever seen, and Moshe, who had spent his childhood as a fusgeyer—a wandering Jew—in Romania, had seen a few: horas, bulgars, khosidls, freylekhs, Russian marches, Cossack high-steps." (The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חסידל khosedl, diminutive of Hasid

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • 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

      hosidl, hasidl, khasidl, chosidl, chasidl, khosidel, hosidel, hasidel, khasidel, chosidel, chasidel

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