פֿאַרם
See also: פֿאָרם
Yiddish
Etymology
From English farm, from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. Both from Old English feorm, fearm, farm (“provision”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō (“means of living, subsistence”), from *ferhwō, *ferhuz (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaʁəm/
Noun
פֿאַרם • (farm) f, plural פֿאַרמען (farmen)
- farm (place where agricultural activities take place)