bochur

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew בָּחוּר (“young man”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ashkenazi) IPA(key): /ˈbʌxər/, /ˈbɔxər/, /ˈbʊxər/

Noun

bochur (plural bochurim)

  1. (Judaism) A (male) student at a yeshiva.
    • 2011 July 4, cindys, soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎[1] (Usenet):
      My son told me that the principal had passed a new rule that if a bochur were a smoker, he had to leave the yeshiva and could not return until he stopped smoking.
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