Etymology

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Today it means: A wise and learned man Full definition →

Yiddish חכם ← Hebrew חָכָם
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromחָכָם“wise, smart”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromחכם
  3. English todaychochem

From Yiddish חכם (khokhem), from Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, “wise, smart”).

Words from the same roots

Hebrewחָכָם all →

hakham

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.