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אַשכּנז
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אשכנז
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Yiddish
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Proper noun
1.3
Proper noun
Yiddish
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Etymology
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From
Hebrew
אַשְׁכְּנַז
.
Proper noun
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אַשכּנז
•
(
áshkenaz
)
m
(
biblical
)
Ashkenaz
(
a
Japhetic
patriarch in the Bible
)
Proper noun
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אַשכּנז
•
(
áshkenaz
)
n
(
historical
)
A region centered on the Rhineland in present-day Germany, where Yiddish originated.
(
Judaism
)
Ashkenazi
Jewry
.