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
- 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
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- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
tzoraas, tsarot, tsuriss, tsuris, tsures, tzores
Notes
singular: 'tsore', 'tsure', or 'tsare'
See also gezunte tsores and gehakte tsores.
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