Yehudi

//jəˈhuːdi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Jew. derogatory, sometimes
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew of Jewish usage.

    "The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself."

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"The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself."

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yehudí, “Jew”). Related to Judah. An endonym for and doublet of Jew.

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