גאָרן

Yiddish

Etymology

From a dialectal form of Early New High German Gaden n or m (“chamber; floor, level, story”), which had the relevant meaning in the form Garn in some Bavarian and Rhenish Franconian dialects.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔʁn/

Noun

גאָרן • (gorn) m, plural גאָרנס (gorns)

  1. storey (floor, level)
    Synonyms: שטאָק (shtok), עטאַזש (etazh)

References

  1. ^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume II, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page A450
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