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Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew גָּאוֹן (ga'ón).
Pronunciation
Noun
גאָון • (goen) m, plural גאונים (geoynim)
- genius
- Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)
Derived terms
References
- Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 43