Meanings
alternative Ashchenazim · alternative Ashkanazim
- pluralplural of Ashkenazi
Ashkenazim and Sephardim: Their Relations, Differences, and Problems as Reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa.
1993: Hirsch Jakob Zimmels, Ashkenazim and Sephardim, main title (KTAV Publishing House; →ISBN, 9780881254914)1 more example
The Ashkenazim, many of whom trace their origins back to the early days of Labor Zionism in the late 1800s, have long held most of the economic and political power in Israel.
2005: Mehran Kamrava, The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War, page 219 (University of California Press; hardcover: →ISBN; paperback: →ISBN)Synonyms: Ashkenazis
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Hebrewאַשְׁכְּנַזִּים
- EnglishAshkenazim
From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּים (ashk'nazím), plural of אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי (ashk'nazí), from אַשְׁכֲּנַז (ashk'naz, “Ashkenaz”), son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth, and great-grandson of Noah, mythical progenitor of the Ascanians of Phrygia, and later, in mediaeval times, identified with the Germans.
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