אַשכּנז
See also: אשכנז
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.
Proper noun
אַשכּנז • (áshkenaz) m
- (biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)
Proper noun
אַשכּנז • (áshkenaz) n
- (historical) A region centered on the Rhineland in present-day Germany, where Yiddish originated.
- (Judaism) Ashkenazi Jewry.