shokhn

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Pronunciations

shokhn (SHAW-khin) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A neighbor.

Example Sentences

  • "It's because the his brother, who is higher up in the Agudah hierarchy than most of the Fressers, is a shochen of Einhorn's parents." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y שכן shokhn

      • 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

      shochn, shokhen, shochen

Notes

  • plural: 'shkheynim'

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