פּנים

See also: פנים

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• פּאָנעם (ponem) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew פָּנִים (paním, “face”), from Proto-Semitic *pan-.

Pronunciation

• (Litvish) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔnəm]
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): [ˈpuːnəm]
• (Ukraynish) IPA^(key): [ˈpunəm]

Noun

פּנים • (ponem) n, plural פּנימער (penemer), diminutive פּנימל (peneml)

1. face

   אַ שיין פּנים! ― a sheyn ponem! ― (What a) pretty face!

   Synonym: געזיכט (gezikht), צורה (tsure)

Derived terms

• אַ פּנים (a ponem, “apparently, seemingly, on the face of it”)

Descendants

• → English: punim
• → Dutch: ponem

Further reading

• Map of dialectal variants for "face" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz