bejuk

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Pronunciations

bejuk (beh-DZHOOK) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A twin.

Example Sentences

  • "They look so similar; are they bejuks?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • buchuk, originally from Turkish buçuk 'half'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      bedjuk, bejook, bedjook, buchuk, bujuk, bechuk

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