n.
Pronunciation: s ə - ' fär-d ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Se · phar · dim \ - ' fär-d ə m \
Etymology: Late Hebrew s ĕ ph ā radh ī , from s ĕ ph ā radh Spain, from Hebrew, region where Jews were once exiled (Obad 1:20)
Date: 1851
: a member of the occidental branch of European Jews settling in Spain and Portugal and later in the Balkans, the Levant, England, the Netherlands, and the Americas also : one of their descendants ― compare ASHKENAZI
– Se · phar · dic \ - ' fär-dik \ adjective