Jump to content

המן

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Hebrew

[edit]
 Haman on Wikipedia
 המן האגגי on Hebrew Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Probably from Old Persian 𐎡𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (i-m-n-i-š /⁠Imāniš⁠/).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

הָמָן (hamánm

  1. (biblical) Haman

Yiddish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Hebrew הָמָן (hamán), probably from Old Persian 𐎡𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (i-m-n-i-š /⁠Imāniš⁠/).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

המן (homenm

  1. (biblical) Haman

Derived terms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

המן (homenm, plural המנס (homens)

  1. anti-Semite
    Synonym: אַנטיסעמיט (antisemit)