פּנים
See also: פנים
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew פָּנִים (paním, “face”), from Proto-Semitic *pan-.
Pronunciation
- (Litvish) IPA(key): [ˈpɔnəm]
- (Poylish) IPA(key): [ˈpuːnəm]
- (Ukraynish) IPA(key): [ˈpunəm]
Noun
פּנים • (ponem) n, plural פּנימער (penemer), diminutive פּנימל (peneml)
- face
- אַ שיין פּנים! ― a sheyn ponem! ― (What a) pretty face!
- Synonym: געזיכט (gezikht), צורה (tsure)
Derived terms
- אַ פּנים (a ponem, “apparently, seemingly, on the face of it”)
Descendants
- → Dutch: ponem
Further reading
- Map of dialectal variants for "face" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz