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Ashkenazim

//ˌɑːʃkɪˈnɑːzɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Ashkenazi form-of, plural

    "Ashkenazim and Sephardim: Their Relations, Differences, and Problems as Reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa."

Etymology

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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