Se|phar|dim

Se|phar|dim
Se|phar|dim «sih FAHR dihm», noun (plural).
Snish-Portuguese Jews and their descendants, as contrasted with the Ashkenazim and their descendants: »

They have encountered in the less traveled quarters of Greater New York…the Hasidim and Sephardim (New Yorker).

[< Hebrew sīm, plural of sī < såråth, a country mentioned in Obadiah 20, perhaps Spain]

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  • Sephardi — [sə fär′dē, səfär΄dē′] n. pl. Sephardim [sə fär′dim, səfär΄dēm′] 〚Heb sefaradi, after sefarad, a region mentioned in Ob. 20, often identified with Spain, but prob. orig. an area in Asia Minor〛 1. a member of the group of Jews that lived in Spain… …   Universalium

  • Sephardi — Se•phar•di [[t]səˈfɑr di, fɑrˈdi[/t]] n. pl. phar•dim [[t] ˈfɑr dɪm, fɑrˈdim[/t]] jud peo a Jew of Spanish or Portuguese origin or ancestry Compare Ashkenazi • Etymology: 1850–55; < ModHeb Səphāraddī < Heb Səphāradh (Biblical region assumed …   From formal English to slang

  • Sephardim — Se*phar dim, n. pl. [NHeb.; orig. uncert.] Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sephardim — Se|phar|dim [auch ... di:m] die (Plur.) <aus hebr. sĕfārdîm, Plur. von sĕfārdî, eigtl. »der Spanische«, zu sĕfārad »Spanien«, wohl nach dem biblischen Land Sepharda (hebr. sĕfārad) in der jüd. Diaspora> die spanisch portugiesischen u. die… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • -dac·ty·lous; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… …   English syllables

  • -dac·ty·ly; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… …   English syllables

  • -dac·tyl·ism; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… …   English syllables

  • e — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… …   English syllables

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • na — abhi·na·ya; ab·na·ki; abom·i·na·ble; abom·i·na·tion; abom·i·na·tor; acae·na; aca·na; ac·a·ri·na; acei·tu·na; aceph·a·li·na; acet·y·le·na·tion; ach·a·ti·na; ac·i·na·ceous; acu·mi·na·tion; ada·na; ade·na; ad·na·tion; aero·na·val; aesch·na;… …   English syllables

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