Yiddish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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דאָצענט (dotsentm, plural דאָצענטן (dotsentn)

  1. docent
  2. instructor
    Synonyms: אינסטרוקטאָר (instruktor), לערער (lerer)
  3. lecturer
    Synonym: לעקטאָר (lektor)
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References

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