Ashkenazi

Ashkenazi
Of or relating to Jews of German and Eastern Europe origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals.
2. noun
An Askhenazi Jew.
See Also: Ashkenazic

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  • Ashkenazi — [äsh΄kə näz′ē; ash΄kə naz′ē] n. pl. Ashkenazim [äsh΄kənäz′im, ash΄kənaz′im] 〚Heb, a German Jew; earlier, a German, after ashkenaz, name of an ancient kingdom (see Jer. 51:27), after ashkenaz, second son of Gomer (see Gen. 10:3); prob. akin to… …   Universalium

  • Ashkenazi — ► NOUN (pl. Ashkenazim) ▪ a Jew of central or eastern European descent. Compare with SEPHARDI(Cf. ↑Sephardic). ORIGIN from Ashkenaz, a grandson of Noah …   English terms dictionary

  • Ashkenazi — [äsh΄kə näz′ē; ash΄kə naz′ē] n. pl. Ashkenazim [äsh΄kənäz′im, ash΄kənaz′im] [Heb, a German Jew; earlier, a German, after ashkenaz, name of an ancient kingdom (see Jer. 51:27), after ashkenaz, second son of Gomer (see Gen. 10:3); prob. akin to… …   English World dictionary

  • Ashkenazi — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Ashkénaze désigne un Juif d Europe Centrale ou de l Est. En tant que patronyme Léon Ashkénasi (1922 1996), rabbin, kabbaliste et philosophe juif français… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ashkenazi — noun (plural Ashkenazim) Etymology: Late Hebrew Ashkĕnāzī, from Ashkĕnāz, medieval rabbinical name for Germany Date: 1839 a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish speaking Jews compare Sephardi •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Ashkenazi — Los ashkenazim (singular ashkenazi, transliterado muchas veces al castellano como asquenazí ) son la comunidad judía que se trasladó a Europa central y oriental en el curso de las sucesivas migraciones de la Diáspora. En su mayoría llegaron a los …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ashkenazi — adj. Ashkenazi is used with these nouns: ↑Jew, ↑Judaism …   Collocations dictionary

  • ashkenazi — {{#}}{{LM A03673}}{{〓}} {{[}}ashkenazi{{]}} ‹ash·ke·na·zi› {{《}}▍ adj.inv./s.com.{{》}} → {{↑}}asquenazí{{↓}}. {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [askenázi] …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • Ashkenazi Hebrew — is the pronunciation system for Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew favored for liturgical use by Ashkenazi Jewish practice. Its phonology was influenced by languages with which it came into contact, such as Yiddish and various Slavic languages. It… …   Wikipedia

  • ASHKENAZI, ẒEVI HIRSCH BEN JACOB — (also known as the Ḥakham Zevi; 1660–1718), rabbi and halakhist. Both his father, Jacob Sak, a renowned scholar, and his maternal grandfather, ephraim b. jacob ha kohen , had escaped from Vilna to Moravia during the 1655 Cossack uprising. It was… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Ashkenazi intelligence — refers to a controversial theory asserting the higher general intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews, the Jews of Central and Eastern European origin who are the descendants of Jews who settled in the Rhineland beginning about the year 800. Many… …   Wikipedia

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