yarid - Jewish English Lexicon

yarid

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Pronunciations

yarid

(YAH-rid)

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Definitions

n. A fair.
n. An uproar.

Example Sentences

"The livelihood of the Shtetl depended on the yarid, which was held once or twice a week." (source)
"Sholem Aleichem, the Jewish humorist, compared life itself to a yarid." (source)

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Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew
Yiddish

Etymology

Y יריד yarid/yerid

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

yerid

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