Mizrahi
English
Alternative forms
- Mizrachi (1/5 as common)
Etymology
From Hebrew מזרחי (mizrakhí, “eastern”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪzˈɹɑːhi/, /-xi/
Adjective
Mizrahi (comparative more Mizrahi, superlative most Mizrahi)
- Of, or relating to Jews of Middle Eastern origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals.
Translations
of, or relating to Jews of Middle Eastern origin
Noun
Mizrahi (plural Mizrahis or Mizrahim)
- A Mizrahi Jew.
- 2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents[1]:
- In a move aimed at avoiding the mistakes made by many of the Jewish institutions in which students have grown up, the guidebook encourages students creating new Jewish organizations to ensure that “JOCSM (Jews of Color, Sephardi, Mizrahi) feel included and comfortable,” to maintain a “[s]upportive network of closed spaces for marginalized people,” and to directly“[a]cknowledge and confront Ashkenormativity.”
Translations
a Mizrahi Jew