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Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew בַּר מִינַן (bár minán, “may it not happen to us”, literally “outside of us”).
Interjection
barminán! (Latin spelling)
- how terrible!, Heaven protect us!, God forbid!
Adjective
barminán (Latin spelling)
- bad, evil
Further reading
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “bárminam”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 80
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “barmimam”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 60
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “bar¹”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC