yichus
Pronunciations
yichus | (YIH-chiss) | listen |
Definitions
n. "Pedigree, lineage, family background." (JPS)
n. Bragging rights based on respected family history.
Example Sentences
"They're poor, but they have really good yiches."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Heb יחוס yikhús, Yiddish ייִחוס yíkhes
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
yiches, yikhes
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