Etymology

chazzerai

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Today it means: Junk; trash; anything worthless. Full definition →

Yiddish חזירײַ ← Hebrew חזיר
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromחזיר“pig”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromחזירײַ“filth, mess, dirty trick”
  3. English todaychazzerai

Borrowed from Yiddish חזירײַ (khazeray, “filth, mess, dirty trick”), from Hebrew חזיר (khazír, “pig”).

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