Etymology

bentsh

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Today it means: To recite the Birkat Hamazon. Full definition →

Yiddish בענטשן
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromבענטשן“to bless”
  2. English todaybentsh

Borrowed from Yiddish בענטשן (bentshn, “to bless”).

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