Etymology

halevay

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Today it means: if only, I wish, I hope Full definition →

Yiddish הלוואי ← Aramaic הלוואי
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The story

  1. Aramaic · derived fromהלוואי
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromהלוואי“if only, I wish”
  3. English todayhalevay

Borrowed from Yiddish הלוואי (halevay, “if only, I wish”), itself from Aramaic הלוואי.

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