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באָז

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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In the Khurbn Yiddish sense, possibly from Rotswelch German.

Noun

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באָז • (boz) ?

  1. rabbit
    Synonyms: האָז (hoz), קיניגל (kinigl), קראָליק (krolik)
  2. (elder) tree
  3. (Khurbn) A person with a talent for thievery and smuggling.

References

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  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “באָז”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.106, 235. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909
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