דאָצענט

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin docēns, docentem (“teaching”). Compare Armenian դոցենտ (docʻent), Belarusian дацэ́нт (dacént), German Dozent, Russian, Ukrainian доце́нт (docént).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈt͡sɛnt/

Noun

דאָצענט • (dotsent) m, plural דאָצענטן (dotsentn)

1. docent
2. instructor

   Synonyms: אינסטרוקטאָר (instruktor), לערער (lerer)

3. lecturer

   Synonym: לעקטאָר (lektor)

Related terms

• דאָצענטור (dotsentur)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “דאָצענט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press