Hasid

English

Alternative forms

• Chasid, Chassid, Hassid

Etymology

From Hebrew חָסִיד (khasid).

Noun

Hasid (plural Hasids or Hasidim)

1. A follower of Hasidism.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 400:

     At Mulberry Central he got off and asked two passing Hasidim for directions to the progressive synagogue.

Related terms

• Hasidic
• Hasidism

Translations

a member of a Hasidic movement

• Czech: chasid (cs) m
• Esperanto: ĥasido
• German: Chassid (de) m
• Hebrew: חָסִיד (he) m
• Polish: chasyd (pl) m
• Portuguese: chasside m, hasside m, chassidista m, hassidista m
• Russian: хаси́д (ru) m (xasíd)
• Yiddish: חסיד m (khosid)

Further reading

• “Hasid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• Da'ish, Daish, Hadis, Haids, SIADH, dashi