Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 1 no. 165
February 4, 1992
 
1) A glossary (part 2) (Yude-Leyb Proger)

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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 92 16:31:11 IST
From: RHLE302@HAIFAUVM.BITNET
Subject: A glossary

                         _Glossary_
 
_a gmar khsime-toyve_'a final good sealing for a happy new year'
_a sametn mentele_ 'decorated velvet cover'
_afikoymen_ 'afikomon'; the ransom matza at the Passover seder'
_ahaves-habries_ 'love of humanity'
_ahaves-ertsisroel_ 'love of the Land of Israel'
_ahaves-yisroel_ 'love of the Jewish People'
_akhares-hayomim_ 'the end of days'
_al naharoys bovl_ 'By the waters of Babylon'
_alefbeys_ 'alphabet'
_aliya_ 'immigration to the Land of Israel'
_aliyes_ 'Tora-reading honors'
_almentshlekhkeyt_ 'universal humanism'
_alte heym, di_ 'the old home; the old country'
_ameratsim_ 'ignoramuses'
_amoliker yidishkeyt_ 'old-time Jewishness'
_amorets_  'ignoramus'
_apakoyres_ 'unbeliever'
_arbekanfes_ 'undergarment with tassels at four corners'
_arbo'o minim, di_ '"the 4 kinds" citron, palm, myrtle, willow'
_askonim_ 'functionaries'
_avle_ 'injustice'
_Avrom-Leyb_ (Abraham Leib)
_aynlebn zikh in yidishkkeyt_ 'feeling at home with Judaism'

_bagern fun folk_ 'the people's desires'.
_bakante_ 'the entire circle of acquaintances'
_bal-moyfes_ 'a miracle worker'
_bal-tekeye_ 'blower of the ram's horn on Yom Kippur'
_bal-tfile_ 'prayer-leader'
_balegoles_ 'wagon drivers; coachmen'
_balemer_ 'almemar'
_bar-mitsve_ 'coming of age religiously'
_batkhonim_ 'jesters; entertainers'
_batlonim_ 'besmedresh "regulars" who study and pray all day'
_bazunderkeyt_ 'apartness; separateness; particularity'
_bedikes-khomets_ 'search for the leaven'
_beemuno shleymo_ 'with complete faith'
_bentshn_ 'blessing; saying grace'
_berene papekhe_ 'bear-fur cap'
_besalmen_ 'Jewish cemetery'
_besmedresh bokherim_ 'religious students'
_besmedresh_ 'house of prayer and study'
_beygl_ 'roll'
_beynashmoshes_ 'twilight'
_beyzn mokhiekh_ 'fierce exhorter'
_bezundern mehu's_ 'a particular nature'
_bifne kol am voeyde_ 'publicly'
_biker-kho'ylim_ 'Visitors of the Sick Society'
_bime_ 'almemar'
_bitokhn_ 'faith'
_blat g(e)more_ 'page of the Talmud'
_blintses_ 'blintzes'
_blits-lompn_ 'bright lamps'
_bote-tfile_ 'houses of prayer'
_botey-midroshim_ 'prayer houses' {plural of besmedresh}
_boydn_ 'covered wagons'
_boyre pri hoodomo_ {blessing over vegetables}
_boyre-oylem_ 'Creator of the World'
_bris_ 'circumcision'
_Brokhe_ (Bracha)

_Chaye-odom besmedresh_ {named after compendium of religious laws}
_Chaye-odom_ 'Life of Man'{= compendium of religious laws}

_dardeke-melamdim_ 'teachers of the youngest children'
_davenen_ 'praying'
_der natsyonaler mehu's fun yid_ 'the Jewish national idea'
_Der tilim-yid_ 'title of a novel by Sholem Ash{Shalom Asch}
_derhoybnkeyt_ 'sublimity'
_derleyzung fun folk_ 'deliverance of the people'
_di alte heym_ 'the old home'
_di reyne vesh_ 'clean underwear'
_di shkhine_ 'Divine Presence'
_diktn-fabrik_ 'plywood factory'
_din pruto kedin meyo..._ {Proverb} 'take care of pennies...'
_din-toyres_ 'lawsuits'
_din-vekhe'zhbm_ 'accounting'
_dor-haflogo_ 'the generation scattered from Tower of Babel'
_dorfsgeyer_ 'village peddler'
_dort vet ir vern a mentsh_ 'there you will become somebody'
_dos genem_ 'Hell'
_dreydlekh_ 'tops; teetotums'
_droshe_ 'sermon'
_dvar-toyre_ 'explanation of a Bible passage'
_dveykes_ 'religious ecstasy'

_elyo'hu hano'vi_ 'Elijah the Prophet'
_emune un folk_ 'religion and ethnic identity'
_endekishe_ {Polish: _endecki_} 'Nat'l Dem. Party'
_epes a fintsern guf_ 'a mere physical body'
_erd arbeter_ 'farm workers'
_eretsisroel_ 'The Land of Israel'
_erlekh_ 'honest; virtuous'
_ertsisroel_ 'the Land of Israel'
_es hot mir geklempt bam hartsn_ 'I felt awful'
_esn khazer_ 'eating pork'
_esn teg_ 'taking meals with townspeople while a student'
_esreg_ 'citron'
_eydele_ 'courteous; refined'
_eydlkeyt_) were always before me in my personal, social and
_eyme_ 'fear'
_eyshes-khayil_ 'woman of valor'
_ezres_noshim_ 'women's section of synagogue'

_farborgnkeyt_ 'latency'
_fas_ 'barrel'
_fayertep_ 'braziers'
_feldsher_ 'barber_surgeon'
_felker_ 'peoples'
_filbarkeyt_ 'feeling' {Germanism}
_firme, a_ 'established; recognized'
_fleklekh_ 'pegs'
_folks-mentsh_ 'man of the people'
_forkhtikeyt_ 'reverential dread'
_forshtelungen_ 'performances'
_frume_ 'observant'
_frumer yidishkeyt_ 'orthodox Judaism'

_g(e)more_ 'Talmud'
_gabe_ 'elder; deacon'
_ganeydn_ 'Paradise'
_gartlen_ 'belts worn during prayer'
_gas, di_ 'the public; the street'
_gebeks_ 'baked goods'
_geboyrn in a zaydn haybl_ 'born with silver spoon in the mouth'
_gehat smikhes af rabones_ 'was ordained as a rabbi'
_gemore_nign_ 'Talmud-tune'
_gerotene_ 'goodlooking'
_geshlogn al-khet_) 'repented for his sin
_geslekh_ 'little streets'
_geule_ 'redemption'
_gilgulim_ 'transmigration of souls'
_glazur_ 'glaze'
_glozvarg_ 'glassware'
_gmiles-khe'sed-kases_ 'free loan societies'
_gmiles-khesed_ 'an interest-free loan'
_godl betoyre in nigle un nister_  'a great scholar'
_goen_ 'a brilliant man'
_goles_ 'Exile'.
_goyle_ 'one who is exiled'
_goyle lemokem toyre_ 'exiled from religious study'
_goyrl_ 'fate's
_greyt im tsu doyresn_ 'ready to tear him to pieces'
_groyse zakhn_ 'great matters'
_gute-yidn_ 'Chasidic rabbis'
_guter-yid_ 'Chasidic rabbi'

_hadres-po'nim bord_ 'beard of a pious man'
_hagode_ 'the Passover Haggada'
_hakhshore_ 'training; training farm'
_hakofes_ 'processions around the almemar'
_henglomp_ 'hanging lamp'
_heseyv-bet_ 'reclining couch'
_heshayne-rabe_ 'Hoshana Raba'
_heymishe_ 'homey; local'
_heymishn shtetl_ 'the homey town' {accusative case}
_heyse beygl_ 'hot rolls'
_heyse bobes_ 'hot beans'
_hinter di harey khoyshekh_ 'behind the mountains of darkness'
_hislayves_ 'enthusiasm'
_homen-tashn_ {Haman's ears} 'stuffed poppy-cakes'
_hot zey opgeforn_ 'took them to task'
_hoyf_ 'court' or 'courtyard'
_hoyptshul_ 'Higher School'

_iber di shveln_ 'over-the-doorstep trades (tailors, etc.)'
_ibergegebnkeyt_ 'dedication'
_intim-mentshlekhe hartsikeyt_ 'human sincerity'
_ir voem beyisroel_ 'great Jewish center'
_ivre_ 'reading Hebrew; Hebrew'

_kaboles-shabes_ 'welcoming Sabbath, Friday evening service'
_kantshik_ 'whip'
_kapote_ 'coat'
_kaptsonim in zibn poles_ 'terrible paupers'
_kartofl-kukhn_ 'potato cakes'
_kashres_ 'Jewish dietary laws'
_kateyger_ 'accusing angel'
_kayutn_ 'cabins'
_kdushe_ 'sanctity'
_kehile-binyen_ 'community building'
_kehile_ 'organized Jewish community'
_keren kayemes leyisroel_ 'Jewish National Fund'
_kestl-ovntn_ 'question-and-answer evenings'
_kha'nike_ 'Chanuka'
_khadorim_ plural of _kheyder_
_khales_ 'Sabbath loaves'
_khalutsim_ 'pioneers'
_khamisho'ser_bishvat_ 'Tu beshvat'
_khanuke-gelt_ 'Chanuka present'
_khayes roes_ 'evil beasts'
_khazal_ 'our sages of blessed memory' {acronym}
_khazoke_ 'claim; lease'
_kheshbm-hanefesh_  'spiritual stocktaking'
_khevres-tilim_ 'Society for Reciting the Book of Psalms'
_kheyder-yingl_ 'kheyder boy'
_kheyder-yingl_ 'kheyder-boy'
_kheyder_ 'Jewish traditional religious elementary school'
_khezhbm-hanefesh_ 'stocktaking;
_khoges_ 'Christmas and Easter; Christian holidays'
_khohkme_ 'wisdom'
_khomets_ 'leaven'
_khosn-breyshis_ {literally 'groom of Genesis'}
_khoyvevey-tsien_ 'Lovers of Zion Movement'
_khrifes_ 'insight; acuity'
_khtsos_ 'midnight prayers'
_khumesh mit rashi_ 'the Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary'
_khurbm_ 'Shoa; destruction'
_kiem_ 'existence'
_kines_ 'lamentations'
_kitl_ 'white linen robe'
_kitlen_ 'white linen robes'
_klal-yisroel_ 'the Jewish People'; 'ordinary Jews'
_klal_ 'community'
_klezmer/klezmorim_ 'musicians'
_kloper_ 'door-to-door peddler'
_klopn_handl_  'door-to-door peddling'
_kofkes_ 'women's caps'
_Kol nidre_ {Yom Kippur prayer}
_kolu kol hakitsin_ 'the end had come'
_kopites_ 'heels'
_kovadles_ 'anvils'
_koyfrim_ 'heretics'
_koyles_ 'cries'
_koysl-maaro'vi_ 'Western Wall'
_kries ya'msuf_ 'Splitting of the Red Sea'
_kule ru'khnies_ 'all spirit'
_kvitlekh_ 'slips of paper (with petitions to Chasidic rebe)'

_lamed-vovnikes_ 'the concealed Thirty-Six Righteous Men'
_latkes_ 'pancakes'
_legboymer_ '33rd Day of the Counting of the Omer; Lag Beomer'
_lernen lishma_ 'learning for its own sake'
_lernen toyre_ 'studying the Tora'
_lernen_ 'study'
_lifney velifnim_ 'in the innermost'
_lines-tsedek_ 'free lodging'
_lomdim_ 'learned men'
_loshn-koydesh_ 'Hebrew_Aramaic; sacred tongue'
_lulev_ 'palm branch'

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