Yiddish

Goy-tah

A Goya or Goy-tah refers to either an older or very plain woman, and also doubles to mean a cleaning lady.

There is also a derogatory term, shiksa or shikse (pronounced phonetically Shick.sa), that is sometimes used to refer to a young and/or pretty woman. This is a slur that translates to "disgusting thing."

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Further agreement. "Shiksa" is found in the Wikipedia database and is also a South American term for a maid or cleaning lady, whether or not she is Jewish.

In Hebrew, it's derived from the word shetetz for "impure" and "abomination", as written in italics. That would make it an insult, as stated above.

In Poland, it's rather pejorative (derogatory), but can sometimes be used in a somewhat affectionate way, for an immature, teenage girl who is also a "brat", "kid" or "little squirt", or even "pisspants." The Polish word it's closest to is "sikac"(the American qwerty ascii rendering). Sikac means "to urinate."

Answer:

The word clearly sought is "shikse".

It's only as pejorative as stereotypical Jewish mamas aren't keen on their sons marrying non-Jewish girls. This is true in the same fashion as most mothers belonging to whatever ethnic groups prefer their sons to marry someone like themselves. Then their grandchildren will be easier to identify with and arguably constitute more marriageable material - i.e. the match is less apt to end in divorce.

"Shikse" isn't a compliment but largely insofar as the whole notion is unpopular as described.

The dictionary-correct approach is to respond "shikse, or shiksa, pej." [for pejorative] - "Origin Yiddish, English usage."

"Shikse" is indeed a common word - Yiddish which has entered into the American English lexicon. None of us need to know obscure etymological derivations which may or may not pertain. And I say that as a linguist.

also shik·se (shĭk'sə)

n. Offensive

Used as a disparaging term for a non-Jewish girl or woman.

There are a number of languages associated with Judaism. The most common are:

1. Hebrew

2. Aramaic

3. Yiddish

4. Ladino

Here is a more complete list of Jewish languages, including some very rare ones, grouped by language families:

Semitic: Hebrew, Aramaic (referred to as Jewish Aramaic or Talmudic Aramaic), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Neo-Aramaic (dialects include: Lishanid Noshan, Lishanid Janan, Lishana Noshan, Lishana Deni, Lishan Didan), Judeo-Arabic (many dialects, including: Judeo-Iraqi - all are qeltu Arabic dialects), Judeo-Moroccan, Judeo-Yemenite, Judeo-Libyan, Judeo-Algerian, also several Judeo-Arabic dialects spoken in northern Syria and Iraq.

Berber: Judeo-Berber

Cushitic: Kayla (Qwara), Kaïliña

Germanic: Yiddish, Yinglish, Yeshivish, Klezmer-loshn, Judendeutsch (German in Hebrew characters which the Rothschilds communicated with), "Scots Yiddish"

Italic: Judeo-Latin and its putative descendants, the Judeo-Romance languages: Ladino, Shuadit (Judeo-Provençal), Zarphatic (Judeo-French), Judeo-Portuguese, Judeo-Italian, Judeo-Piedmontese, Bagitto (Jewish Livornese dialect), Catalanic (Judeo-Catalan), Judeo-Aragonese

Slavic: Knaanic (Judeo-Czech)

Greek: Yevanic (Judeo-Greek)

Indo-Iranian (Judeo-Persian languages and Indo-Aryan languages): Dzhidi (Judeo-Persian), Bukhori, Judeo-Golpaygani, Judeo-Yazdi, Judeo-Kermani, Judeo-Shirazi, Judeo-Esfahani, Judeo-Hamedani, Judeo-Kashani, Judeo-Borujerdi, Judeo-Nehevandi, Judeo-Khunsari, Juhuri language(Judeo-Tat), Judeo-Marathi

Turkic: Krymchak (Judeo-Tartar), Karaim language (Spoken by the Karaites of Crimea and Lithuania)

Kartvelian: Gruzinic

Dravidian: Judeo-Malayalam

All Jewish children, both boys and girls should learn Hebrew. It's the language of the State of Israel, the birthplace of Judaism. It is also the language of Jewish prayer.

In yiddish, the Hebrew greeting is used for meeting someone the first time or after a long time : שלום-עליכם-- pronounced sholem-aleykhem... the response would be the inverse:

aleykhem sholem. the informal would be taken from the Middle High German: גוט־מאָרגן -gut morgn.

how are you can be said either : וואָס הערט זיך בײַ דיר - vos hert zikh bay dir?

or וואָס מאַכסטו- vos makhstu?

thank you is written: אַ דאַנק דיר- a dank dir....

Answer 1

Yes, you can convert to Judaism.

Answer 2

While Judaism doesn't actively seek converts, those non-Jews who themselves decide to become Jewish may do so. Traditional conversion includes learning about Judaism and its laws, showing a sincere desire to convert and to live as an observant Jew, immersion in a ritual bath, and circumcision (for uncircumcised males).

Conversion is a permanent undertaking, a lifelong decision, which must not be done on a whim or impulse.

• The years are numbered starting by the start of creation. This is calculated by adding up the ages of people in the Bible back to the time of creation.

• The "first month" of the Jewish calendar is the month of Nissan, in the spring, when Passover occurs.

Answer:

There are a number of possible answers to this question.

1) What is the year 1 in the Jewish calendar dated from? The answer above (Creation) is correct. But it's based on tradition as well as mathematics, because some of the kings had overlapping half-years.

2) When did Judaism begin? It began with Abraham, 3800 years ago.

3) In the past, new moons were announced by the Sanhedrin (court) after witnesses had testified as having seen the new moon. When did our fixed calendar begin? It began around the year 361 CE, when Hillel 2 (a later sage with the same name as the famous Hillel) instituted our fixed calendar, because the persecutions were making it untenable for the Sanhedrin to function.

Niente is an Italian equivalent of the Yiddish word "bupkus."

Specifically, the Yiddish word means "nothing, nothing at all." The Italian word literally means "nothing." The pronunciation is "NYEHN-teh."