Meanings
- uncountableThe profession, art, or world of badchens.
Indeed, the flowering of Yiddish theater and literature in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries probably owes a great deal to the persistence of badchanut—the art of the badchan.
2001, Anita Diamond, New Jewish Wedding2 more examples
But a tone of love was felt in the badchon's reproach, the challenge of a friend, of a friend, of a true son of his people. This circumstance contributed considerably to the popularity of the badchonim and their badchonus—songs.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 438He turned to pranks instead of Torah study and stared out the window instead of at the page of Talmud his father was trying to teach him. So, he was sent into badchanus. Clownery, a rare but viable career path for a Ropshitz boy.
2024, Temim Fruchter, City of Laughter
Cite this entry
badchanus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badchanus
“badchanus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badchanus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badchanus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badchanus.
Source: badchanus on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.