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Esperanto
Etymology
Ultimately from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי (ashknazí), via Yiddish אַשכּנזי (ashkenazi).
Pronunciation
Noun
aŝkenazo (accusative singular aŝkenazon, plural aŝkenazoj, accusative plural aŝkenazojn)
- Ashkenazi Jew
- Hypernym: judo
1999, Sergio Pokrovskij, “Kial rusoj kungenocidis kun serboj?”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet):Do, en Ĥazario nur la ĥano kaj parto de la nobelaro estis judoj kaj judismanoj; estas nekredeble ke de ili devenas ĉiuj aŝkenazoj.- So in Khazaria only the Khan and part of the nobility were ethnic and religious Jews; it's not credible that all Ashkenazim are descended from them.
2016, Miguel Fernández, La vorto kaj la vento, page 111:Pleje longe kaj kontentige li laboris ĉe juda familio. Aŝkenazoj. Antikvaĵistoj.- His longest and most satisfying job was with a Jewish family. Ashkenazim. Antiquaries.
2017, Garbhan MacAoidh, “Renkontiĝo kun la jida”, in Monato, number 2017/04, page 23:Certe neniu popolo spertis pli da turmentado ol la juda, kaj la jida lingvo ne povis eskapi la sekvojn de la ekstermado de la aŝkenazoj dum la nazia holokaŭsto.- Certainly no people has experienced more torment than the Jewish people, and Yiddish couldn't escape the aftermath of the extermination of the Ashkenazim during the Nazi Holocaust.
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