yiddish
IPA: jˈɪdɪʃ
Root Word: Yiddish
noun
- A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
- (informal) Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit.
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