Etymology

peot

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Today it means: Sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews. Full definition →

Hebrew פֵּאוֹת ← Yiddish פּאות
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּאות
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromפֵּאוֹת
  3. English todaypeot

Borrowed from Hebrew פֵּאוֹת (pe'ót) or Yiddish פּאות (peyes).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.