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