ציפֿער
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German zifer (“digit”), from Old French cifre, from Latin cifra, ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Compare German Ziffer, as well as Polish cyfra and Russian ци́фра (cífra) for use as a feminine noun. Doublet of שיפֿער (shifer).
Noun edit
ציפֿער • (tsifer) m or f, plural ציפֿערן (tsifern), diminutive ציפֿערל (tsiferl)
Derived nouns edit
- ציפֿערן די צײַט (tsifern di tsayt, “recall”)
- אומציפֿער m or f (umtsifer, “odd number”)
- ציפֿערבלאַט (tsiferblat, “watchface”)