Etymology

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Today it means: The face (front part of the head). Full definition →

Yiddish פּנים ← Hebrew פָּנִים
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromפָּנִים“face”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּנים
  3. English todaypunim

Borrowed from Yiddish פּנים (ponem), from Hebrew פָּנִים (paním, “face”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.