Etymology

shtayger

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Today it means: A scale in Ashkenazi liturgical music. Full definition →

Yiddish שטייגער
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromשטייגער
  2. English todayshtayger

Borrowed from Yiddish שטייגער (shteyger).

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