שחור

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ח־ר (sh-kh-r)
7 terms

Noun

שְׁחוֹר • (sh'khor) m

  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)      אפור / אָפֹר (afór)      שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór)
             אדום / אָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán)              כתום / כָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum)              צהוב / צָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem)
             ליים (láym)              ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók)              ירוק נענע / יָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána)
             צִיאָן (tsi'án)              תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet)              כחול / כָּחֹל (kakhól)
             סגול / סָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo)              מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגול / סָגֹל (sagól)              ורוד / וָרֹד (varód)

References

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór, “black”).

Pronunciation

Noun

שחור • (shokher) m, plural שחרים (shkhoyrem)

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

Descendants

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