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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German zīt, from Old High German zīt, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (“time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis (“time, period”), from *deh₂y- (“to divide, part”). Compare German Zeit. Akin to Old English tīd (Modern English tide) and Dutch tijd.
Pronunciation
Noun
צײַט • (tsayt) f, plural צײַטן (tsaytn)
- time
- age, era, times
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