Etymology

chazzer

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Today it means: A pig. Full definition →

Yiddish חזיר ← Hebrew חֲזִיר
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromחֲזִיר
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromחזיר
  3. English todaychazzer

Borrowed from Yiddish חזיר (khazer), from Hebrew חֲזִיר (hazír).

Words from the same roots

Yiddishחזיר all →

khazer

Hebrewחֲזִיר all →

khazer

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.