גן־עדן
See also: גן עדן
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן.
Pronunciation
- (YIVO, Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ɡan‿ˈɛɪ̯dn̩/
- (Northeastern) IPA(key): /ɡan‿ˈeɪ̯dn̩/
- (some Litvish speakers) IPA(key): /ɡan‿ˈeɪ̯dəm/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ɡan‿ˈaɪ̯dn̩/
- (some Poylish speakers) IPA(key): /ɡan‿ˈaɪ̯dəm/
Proper noun
- Garden of Eden (place where Adam and Eve first lived)
- Heaven, Paradise
Further reading
- Map of dialectal variants for "Garden of Eden" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz