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Yiddish
Etymology
English all right + ־ניק (-nik). Coined by Abe Cahan in the Forverts, to describe Jewish immigrants to the US in the early 20th century who flaunted their newly acquired wealth in a rather vulgar manner.
Pronunciation
Noun
אָלרײַטניק • (olraytnik) m, plural אָלרײַטניקעס (olraytnikes), feminine אָלרײַטניטשקע (olraytnitshke)
- (derogatory, US) parvenu, nouveau riche, upstart
- Synonyms: פּאַרוועניו (parvenyu), אויפֿגעקומענער גבֿיר (oyfgekumener g(e)vir), נוּוואָריש (nuvorish), דורכקריכער (durkhkrikher), פּאַמאַלניק (pamalnik)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “nouveau riche”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “אָלרײַטניק” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .