barminán

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּר מִינַן (bár minán, “may it not happen to us”, literally “outside of us”).

Interjection

barminán! (Latin spelling)

1. how terrible!, Heaven protect us!, God forbid!

Adjective

barminán (Latin spelling)

1. bad, evil

Further reading

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “bárminam”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 80
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “barmimam^[sic]”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 60
• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “bar¹”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC