Etymology

treyf

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Today it means: Not kosher. Full definition →

Yiddish טרייף ← Hebrew טְרֵפָה
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromטְרֵפָה
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromטרייף
  3. English todaytreyf

From Yiddish טרייף (treyf), from Hebrew טְרֵפָה (trefá).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.