Etymology

gvir

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Today it means: A wealthy person. Full definition →

Yiddish גבֿיר ← Hebrew גְּבִיר
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromגְּבִיר
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromגבֿיר
  3. English todaygvir

Borrowed from Yiddish גבֿיר (gvir, gevir), from Hebrew גְּבִיר (gvir).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.