Akum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An idolater.
  2. 2
    A non-Jew (used to avoid censorship in Jewish texts). euphemistic

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goygoy

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"Pejorative terms for gentiles in Yiddish include akum (star worshiper) and orl (uncircumcised)."

Etymology

Presumably from Hebrew עכו״ם (an acronym for the phrase עובד כוכבים ומזלות "worshiper of stars and constellations"), pronounced as a word.

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