shayna punim
Pronunciations
shayna punim | (SHEY-nah PUHN-im) | listen |
Definitions
n. Pretty face.
Example Sentences
Rivki is such a sheyna punim."
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
שײנע פּנים sheyne ponem (Standard Yiddish שײן פּנים sheyn ponem, because the grammatical gender of ponem is neuter)
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
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Alternative Spellings
sheyner ponim, sheyna punim, shayna punim, sheyne ponim
Notes
Can also be used ironically to mean "a disgrace"
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