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Yiddish
Yiddish is the "Patois" of languages of every eastern European country with any significant Jewish population during the past 600 years. Dormant for a while after the great Jewish migrations of the early 20th Century and the mass exterminations of the 1930s and 40s, it's experiencing a resurgence today.
879 Questions
What yiddish expression might you hear at a party before a toast what does that mean?
If a Jew is offering the toast, then after he has said everything else that
he wants to say, the actual toast will consist of the word "L'Chayim". The
word is Hebrew, not Yiddish, and it means "To Life".
What is the origin of the yiddish term Davnen?
There are many theories about the etymology of the word davnen, which means to pray. Some say that it is:
- from the Aramaic "d'avhatana" ד×בהת×?× (or d'avunon ד×בו×?ן) , meaning "from our Forefathers."
- from Hebrew "daf" דף , meaning "page", so that "dafnen" would mean "to turn the pages."
- Some say that "daven" originally meant to say the morning prayer, and hence look either to the English "dawn" or to Middle High German for "tagewen", meaning "to do one's morning obligation" or "digen" meaning "to request."
- from the Arabic "da'awa", meaning "to pray"
- the Lithuanian word "davana", meaning gift
- from Middle High German "doenen", meaning to sing
- from the Hebrew "davav" דבב , generally translated as "to move the lips" or "to speak."
- from the Old French "divin", which means "relating to the divine."
There are other theories that the word comes from Greek or Turkish.
Many Yiddish scholars simply say that the origin of davenis unknown.
How do you say mama in yiddish?
You really can't do much better than "MA-ma", or,
to be absolutely pure and true, "MA-meh".
How do you say big trouble in yiddish?
In Yiddish, you can say "groyse tzores" which means big trouble or great distress.
What yiddish expression mgiht you hear at a party before toast?
You would almost certainly hear any toast conclude with "l'KHA-yim".
The word is Hebrew, and means "to life".
How do you say Hannah in yiddish?
In Yiddish, the name "Hannah" can be translated as "Chana" (חַנָּה).
What is yiddish word for blond blue-eyed man?
a Blondeh Mensch mit bloi Oigen (× ×‘×œ×Ö¸× ×“×¢ ×ž×¢× ×˜×© מיט בלוי ×ויגן)
What does the yiddish word mazel tov mean?
Mazel = luck
Tov = good
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"mah-ZAHL TOV" is a Hebrew phrase, used in the language of any Jewish
community, to convey the same meaning where, in English, one would say
"Good Luck" or "Congratulations".
"TOV" in Hebrew means "Good", so with the phrase "mazal tov", one is wishing
upon the recipient "good mazal", in the sense of good luck or good fortune. But
"mazal" is an interesting way to say it.
In the King James translation of Psalms, there is a reference to the Creator as the one
" ... who bringest forth the Mazzeroth ... ". That strange word is one of the many cases
where King James' committee of scholars decided to keep the Hebrew word
instead of trying to translate it (just as they did with the Hebrew words Adam,
Abraham, Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Israel, Daniel,
Satan, David, Michael, Elijah, Joel, Gabriel, . . . but that's another story).
"Mazzeroth" is equivalent to the Hebrew word "mazallot", plural for
"constellations" of the stars. The Creator ".. bringest forth the Mazzeroth .."
when he causes the sky to rotate so that the constellations appear in tjheior
correct places and times.
And when you wish someone "good mazal", you literally wish him "good constellations",
or good astrology, good horoscope, etc. No different at all from good luck.
Astrology was never part of Judaism, and was actively frowned upon, since it
purports to substitute other forces for Gcd's will. But you can't keep the simple
folks down, popular superstitions die hard, and the Jewish wish for a "good
horoscope" lives on even in our times. Mazal tov !
What does the yiddish name chiam lieb translate to in English?
"Life Lion"
(And I'm sure he spells it 'Chaim Leib', not 'Chiam Lieb'.)
What is the yiddish term for what a matchmaker does a fix up?
A matchmaker is a =shadkhan=(M) or a =shadkhante= (F).
He/she makes a =shidekh= (match).
The "work" is called =shadkhones= (matchmaking)
