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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German persōn, from Latin persōna. The phonetic development /rs/ → /rʃ/ is common in High German. Doublet of פּערזאָן (perzon).
Noun
פּאַרשוין • (parshoyn) m, plural פּאַרשוינען (parshoynen), feminine פּאַרשוינטע (parshoynte), diminutive פּאַרשוינדל (parshoyndl)
- person, personage, individual
- passenger, traveler
- (theater) character
- handsome man, beautiful woman
- (familiar) guy, chap
קוק נאָר אָן דעם פּאַרשױן!- kuk nor on dem parshoyn!
- Just look at this fellow!
Derived terms
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאַרשוין”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN