האַרלע
Yiddish
editEtymology
editהער (her, “sir”) suffixed with a diminutive cognate to ־עלע (-ele),[1] equivalent to German Herrlein.
Noun
editהאַרלע • (harle) m, plural האַרלעס (harles)
- (Western Yiddish, especially Netherlands & northwestern Germany[2]) grandfather
- Synonyms: זיידע (zeyde), (also chiefly Western Yiddish) גראָספֿאַטער (grosfater)
- Coordinate term: פֿראַלע (frale, “(Western Yiddish) grandmother”)
References
edit- ^ https://yiddish.forward.com/articles/175178/index.html
- ^ The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010