tsorris

Pronunciations

tsorris (TSOR-ihs) listen

Definitions

  • n. Troubles, woes, worries, suffering.

Example Sentences

  • "This project has been nothing but tsorris."

  • "Israel's having such tsores trying to find work for the new immigrants, and all he talks about are his own tsores!" (Glinert)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH צרות tsarót > Y tsóres

    • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      tzoraas, tsarot, tsuriss, tsuris, tsures, tzores

Notes

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