Etymology

tsuris

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Today it means: Problems or troubles. Full definition →

Yiddish צרות ← Hebrew צָרָה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromצָרָה“trouble, tragedy, calamity”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromצרות
  3. English todaytsuris

Borrowed from Yiddish צרות (tsores), plural of צרה (tsore, “trouble, problem”), from Hebrew צָרָה (tsará, “trouble, tragedy, calamity”).

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