חזיר

Hebrew

Root
ח־ז־ר (kh-z-r)

Etymology

Cognate with Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr), and Maltese ħanżir.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈziʁ/

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Noun

חֲזִיר • (khazír) m (plural indefinite חֲזִירִים, singular construct חֲזִיר־, plural construct חֲזִירֵי־)

1. pig, swine; pork (the animal or its meat)

Derived terms

• חֲזַרְזִיר (khazarzír)

See also

• בשר לבן m (basár laván)
• דבר אחר m (davár achér)
• בקר נמוך m (bakár namukh)

References

• H2386 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “חזיר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חזיר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חֲזִיר (khazír).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern, Poylish) IPA^(key): [ˈχazəʁ]

Noun

חזיר • (khazer) m, plural חזירים (khazeyrem)

1. pig

Derived terms

• אַ חזיר בלײַבט אַ חזיר (a khazer blaybt a khazer)
• חזיר־ניסל (khazer-nisl)
• חזיר־פֿעטס (khazer-fets)
• חזירײַ (khazeray)
• שטעכל־חזיר (shtekhl-khazer)

 

Related terms

• חזיריש (khazerish)