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Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew עַם הָאָרֶץ ('am ha'árets).
Noun
עם־האָרץ • (amorets) m, plural עמי־הארצים (ameratsim)
- person unlearned in traditional Jewish subjects
- (by extension) ignoramus, unlearned or uneducated person
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