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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhur).
Noun
bachur (plural bachurim)
- A yeshiva student
2001 June 30, toichen, “How long would you last in yeshiva?”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderatted (Usenet):The average bachur in a yeshiva spends approximately 10 hours a day arguing the meaning of texts.
1999 April 10, David Lloyd Jones, “Hillel”, in alt.humor.jewish (Usenet):The bocherim in the cheder were jumping up and down with joy. "Rabbi you really stuck it to those guys, and we've never understood this red heifer stuff until you said that."
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.xur/
- Rhymes: -axur
- Syllabification: ba‧chur
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hebrew בחור.
Noun
bachur m animal (diminutive bachurek)
- (archaic) a child, especially a Jewish child
Declension
Etymology 2
Judging by its distribution, borrowed from Czech bachor, from Old Czech bachoř,[1] from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь. Doublet of pęcherz (“bladder, blister”), an inherited form.
Noun
bachur m inan
- (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of bachor
Declension
References
- ^ Rosół, Rafał (2010) “O zapomnianych znaczeniach pol. bachor i bachur”, in Linguistica Copernicana, volume 1 (3), page 235 seqq.
Further reading
- bachur in Polish dictionaries at PWN