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Yiddish
Etymology
French pas mal (“not bad”) + ־ניק (-nik).
Noun
פּאַמאַלניק • (pamalnik) m, plural פּאַמאַלניקעס (pamalnikes)
- (France) parvenu, nouveau riche, upstart
- Synonyms: פּאַרוועניו (parvenyu), אויפֿגעקומענער גבֿיר (oyfgekumener g(e)vir), נוּוואָריש (nuvorish), דורכקריכער (durkhkrikher), אָלרײַטניק (olraytnik)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַמאַלניק” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .