Etymology

Vellish

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Today it means: The most common typeface for printed Hebrew, and the Sephardi Stam script from which the typeface is derived. Full definition →

Yiddish וועליש
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromוועליש
  2. English todayVellish

Borrowed from Yiddish וועליש (velish). Doublet of Welsh.

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