קאַיאָר

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • כּאור (kayor)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew וּכְאוֹר (“and as the light”), cf. 2 Samuel 23:4. The [aɪ̯] sound may have been influenced by מעשׂה (mayse). Compare the etymology of ברוגז (broygez).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈjɔʁ/, /kəˈjɔʁ/

Noun

קאַיאָר • (kayor) m, plural קאַיאָרן (kayorn)

  1. early dawn

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Philologos (2015) “The Voyage of the Dawn Etymologist”, in Mosaic Magazine‎[1] (in Yiddish)
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