שחור

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ח־ר (sh-kh-r)

Noun

שְׁחוֹר (sh'khorm

  1. blackness

Adjective

שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór) (feminine שחורה / שְׁחֹרָה, masculine plural שחורים / שְׁחֹרִים, feminine plural שחורות / שְׁחֹרוֹת)

  1. black

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Hebrew · צְבָעִים (ts'va'ím) (layout · text)
     לָבָן (laván)      אפוראָפֹר (afór)      שחורשָׁחֹר (shakhór)
             אדוםאָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán)              כתוםכָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum)              צהובצָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem)
             ליים (láym)              ירוקיָרֹק (yarók)              ירוק נענעיָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána)
             צִיאָן (tsi'án)              תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet)              כחולכָּחֹל (kakhól)
             סגולסָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo)              מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגולסָגֹל (sagól)              ורודוָרֹד (varód)

References

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שחורשָׁחֹר (shakhór, black).

Pronunciation

Noun

שחור (shokherm, plural שחרים (shkhoyrem)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) black man
    Synonyms: נעגער (neger), שוואַרצער (shvartser)

Descendants

  • German: schocher
  • Hungarian: sóher (poor, stingy)
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȍhār (cockroach)