אָרן

Yiddish

Etymology

From Zarphatic Old French orer (“pray”), Judeo-Italian orer (“to pray”), or Middle High German hora.

Verb

אָרן • (orn)

1. (Western Yiddish) to pray

   Synonym: דאַוונען (davnen) (Eastern Yiddish)

References

• Weinreich, M. (1956). The Jewish Languages of Romance Stock and Their Relation to Earliest Yiddish in Romance Philology, 9(4), pp.414. Brepols: University of California Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44938790. Accessed 29th October 2024.