ASHKENAZI


Meaning of ASHKENAZI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zē, ˌash-kə-ˈna- ]

noun

( plural Ash·ke·naz·im -ˈnä-zəm, -ˈna-)

Etymology: Late Hebrew Ashkĕnāzī, from Ashkĕnāz, medieval rabbinical name for Germany

Date: 1839

: a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews — compare Sephardi

• Ash·ke·naz·ic -ˈnä-zik, -ˈna- adjective

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