cheder
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Yiddish חדר (kheyder), from Hebrew חדר (khéder, “room”).
Noun edit
cheder (plural cheders or chederim or chedarim or chadarim or chadorim)
- An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 51:
- A businessman in New York who happened to be in the Midlands at the time was so impressed by Asher's methods that he was funding him to set up a string of chederim – Sunday schools for Jews – all over the United States.
Translations edit
school
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Noun edit
cheder m (plural cheders)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew חֶדֶר (khéder).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cheder m inan (related adjective chederowy)
- (education, Judaism) cheder (elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew)
Declension edit
Declension of cheder
Further reading edit
- cheder in Polish dictionaries at PWN