Yiddish
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Yiddish /ˈjɪdɪʃ/
▶noun a language used by Jews in or from central and eastern Europe, originally a German dialect with words from Hebrew and several modern languages. ▶adjective relating to this language.
– derivatives
Yiddisher noun.
Yiddisher noun.
– origin C19: from Yiddish yidish (daytsh) ‘Jewish (German)’.
'Yiddish' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- bagel
- bialy
- blintze
- bupkis
- cholent
- chutzpah
- daven
- dreck
- dreidel
- dybbuk
- futz
- gazump
- gefilte fish
- glatt
- golem
- gonif
- gunsel
- halva
- kibitz
- kishke
- klezmer
- klutz
- knish
- kreplach
- kugel
- kvell
- kvetch
- latke
- Litvak
- lox
- macher
- mamzer
- matzo
- maven
- mazuma
- mensch
- meshuga
- naches
- nebbish
- -nik
- nosh
- nudnik
- oy vey
- pastrami
- payess
- pisher
- plotz
- putz
- rav
