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Yiddish
Etymology 1
From Middle High German schiffære, schiffere, from Old High German *skiffāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz (“sailor”). By surface analysis, שיף (shif, “ship”) + ־ער (-er). Compare German Schiffer.
Noun
שיפֿער • (shifer) m, plural שיפֿערס (shifers), feminine שיפֿערין (shiferin)
- sailor (worker on a ship)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French chiffre, probably via Polish szyfr and/or Russian шифр (šifr) rather than German Chiffre.
Noun
שיפֿער • (shifer) m, plural שיפֿערן (shifern)
- cipher, code
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