מיניסטעריום

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Yiddish

Alternative forms

(via Lithuanian or older Slavic) מיניסטעריע (ministerye)

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from German Ministerium, from Latin ministerium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪnɪˈstɛr(ɪ)jʊm/

Noun

מיניסטעריום • (ministeryum) m, plural מיניסטעריומס (ministeryums)

(politics) ministry
(government) department
Synonym: דעפּאַרטעמענט (departement)

Derived terms

אויסלאַנד־מיניסטעריום (oysland-ministeryum, “State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs”)
אינלאַנד־⁠מיניסטעריום (inland-⁠ministeryum)
יוסטיץ־מיניסטעריום (yustits-ministeryum, “Justice Department”)
שיץ־מיניסטעריום (shits-ministeryum, “Ministry of Defense”)
בילדונג־מיניסטעריום (bildung-ministeryum), בילדונגס־מיניסטעריום (bildungs-ministeryum, “Ministry of Education”)
פֿינאַנץ־מיניסטעריום (finants-ministeryum, “Treasury”)

References

Justus van de Kamp et al., “מיניסטעריום” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “ministry”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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