תּחום

From Hebrew תְּחוּם (tkhúm, “area, discipline”)

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈtχʊm/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈtχɪm/

תּחום • (tkhum) m, plural תּחומען (tkhumen) or תּחומים (tkhumem)

1. range, spectrum
2. area
3. field of study, discipline

According to the Yiddish Cultural Dictionary by Dovid Katz, the plural תּחומים (tkhumem) is used in a more learned style.

• ייִדישער תּחום (yidisher tkhum, “Pale of Settlement”)
• תּחום־המושבֿ (tkhum-hamoyshev, “Pale of Settlement”)