Home
(current)
Add a Word
(current)
About Us
(current)
Notes
(current)
Jewish Languages
(current)
Volunteer
(current)
Donate
(current)
Add a new word
All Origins
All
Textual Hebrew
Aramaic
Yiddish
Modern Hebrew
English
Ladino
Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
Russian
Juhuri
Persian
Bukharian
Other
Dictionary:
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
All
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).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
Other
None
All Uses
All
Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
Younger: Jews in their 30s or younger
Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
Sephardim: Jews with Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage
Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations
Ethnic: Jews whose Jewish identity is primarily ethnic
Syrian: Jews with recent ancestry in Syria
Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran
Bukharian: Jews with ancestry in Central Asia, such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Juhuro: Jews with ancestry in the Caucasus region, such as Azerbaijan and Dagestan, also known as Kavkazi, Gorsky, or Mountain Jews
Chabad: Jews affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement
Russian: Jews whose ancestors were Russian-speaking Jews and migrated to English-speaking countries from the Soviet Union or Russia from the 1980s to the present
Other
All Regions
All
North America
Great Britain
South Africa
Australia / New Zealand
Other
All Origins
All
Textual Hebrew
Aramaic
Yiddish
Modern Hebrew
English
Ladino
Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
Russian
Juhuri
Persian
Bukharian
Other
Dictionary:
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
All
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).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
Other
None
All Uses
All
Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
Younger: Jews in their 30s or younger
Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
Sephardim: Jews with Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage
Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations
Ethnic: Jews whose Jewish identity is primarily ethnic
Syrian: Jews with recent ancestry in Syria
Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran
Bukharian: Jews with ancestry in Central Asia, such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Juhuro: Jews with ancestry in the Caucasus region, such as Azerbaijan and Dagestan, also known as Kavkazi, Gorsky, or Mountain Jews
Chabad: Jews affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement
Russian: Jews whose ancestors were Russian-speaking Jews and migrated to English-speaking countries from the Soviet Union or Russia from the 1980s to the present
Other
All Regions
All
North America
Great Britain
South Africa
Australia / New Zealand
Other
101 - 200 of 655
chutzpah
SEE FULL ENTRY
come on to
SEE FULL ENTRY
come out
SEE FULL ENTRY
come to
SEE FULL ENTRY
Country
SEE FULL ENTRY
da'as
SEE FULL ENTRY
dacht zich
SEE FULL ENTRY
daher
SEE FULL ENTRY
dakusdik
SEE FULL ENTRY
daled amos
SEE FULL ENTRY
darshen
SEE FULL ENTRY
davka
SEE FULL ENTRY
dehainu
SEE FULL ENTRY
dermohn
SEE FULL ENTRY
dimyoinos
SEE FULL ENTRY
dimyon
SEE FULL ENTRY
din
SEE FULL ENTRY
divaile
SEE FULL ENTRY
diyuk
SEE FULL ENTRY
doichek
SEE FULL ENTRY
doime
SEE FULL ENTRY
drei
SEE FULL ENTRY
ee
SEE FULL ENTRY
efsher
SEE FULL ENTRY
eidel
SEE FULL ENTRY
eidus
SEE FULL ENTRY
eigene
SEE FULL ENTRY
ein hachi nami
SEE FULL ENTRY
eisek
SEE FULL ENTRY
eitza
SEE FULL ENTRY
ela mai
SEE FULL ENTRY
emes
SEE FULL ENTRY
emesdik
SEE FULL ENTRY
English
SEE FULL ENTRY
eppes
SEE FULL ENTRY
erlichkeit
SEE FULL ENTRY
ershtins
SEE FULL ENTRY
etzem
SEE FULL ENTRY
fahkeri
SEE FULL ENTRY
fardoost
SEE FULL ENTRY
farher
SEE FULL ENTRY
farmahtert
SEE FULL ENTRY
farnumen
SEE FULL ENTRY
farshteit zich
SEE FULL ENTRY
farshtunken
SEE FULL ENTRY
fartracht
SEE FULL ENTRY
fehlt
SEE FULL ENTRY
ferd
SEE FULL ENTRY
ferenfer
SEE FULL ENTRY
fergin
SEE FULL ENTRY
fest
SEE FULL ENTRY
fier ois
SEE FULL ENTRY
fier zich
SEE FULL ENTRY
foder
SEE FULL ENTRY
fort
SEE FULL ENTRY
freg
SEE FULL ENTRY
frei
SEE FULL ENTRY
fress
SEE FULL ENTRY
frum
SEE FULL ENTRY
frumkeit
SEE FULL ENTRY
gadlus
SEE FULL ENTRY
gadol
SEE FULL ENTRY
gantseh
SEE FULL ENTRY
gashmiusdik
SEE FULL ENTRY
gashmiyus
SEE FULL ENTRY
gavra
SEE FULL ENTRY
gayve
SEE FULL ENTRY
geder
SEE FULL ENTRY
gedolim
SEE FULL ENTRY
geitzich
SEE FULL ENTRY
gekvetshed
SEE FULL ENTRY
genoi
SEE FULL ENTRY
gevaldig
SEE FULL ENTRY
gezerah
SEE FULL ENTRY
gezinta
SEE FULL ENTRY
gezunterheyt
SEE FULL ENTRY
girsa
SEE FULL ENTRY
give over
SEE FULL ENTRY
glatt
SEE FULL ENTRY
gnai
SEE FULL ENTRY
go bossur
SEE FULL ENTRY
going on
SEE FULL ENTRY
goirem
SEE FULL ENTRY
goires
SEE FULL ENTRY
golem
SEE FULL ENTRY
golus
SEE FULL ENTRY
gor
SEE FULL ENTRY
gradeh
SEE FULL ENTRY
greasy
SEE FULL ENTRY
grob
SEE FULL ENTRY
grois
SEE FULL ENTRY
gufa
SEE FULL ENTRY
gurnisht
SEE FULL ENTRY
gut
SEE FULL ENTRY
haara
SEE FULL ENTRY
hachana
SEE FULL ENTRY
hachunnos
SEE FULL ENTRY
hafledik
SEE FULL ENTRY
hagam
SEE FULL ENTRY
hakdama
SEE FULL ENTRY
<< previous
>> next