פּאַרשוין

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German persōn, from Latin persōna. The phonetic development /rs/ → /rʃ/ is common in High German. Doublet of פּערזאָן (perzon).

Noun

פּאַרשוין • (parshoyn) m, plural פּאַרשוינען (parshoynen), feminine פּאַרשוינטע (parshoynte), diminutive פּאַרשוינדל (parshoyndl)

1. person, personage, individual
2. passenger, traveler
3. (theater) character
4. handsome man, beautiful woman
5. (familiar) guy, chap

   קוק נאָר אָן דעם פּאַרשױן!

   kuk nor on dem parshoyn!

   Just look at this fellow!

Derived terms

• מאַנספּאַרשוין (mansparshoyn)

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאַרשוין”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN