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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew בעל חיים.
Pronunciation
Noun
בעל־חי • (balkhay) m, plural בעל־חיים (bale-khayem / bale-khaim)
- animal
- Synonym: חיה (khaye)
- being (creature)
Derived terms
References
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “balxáj”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 130
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “בעל־חי” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “בעל־חי”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “animal, n.”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN