Yehudi

English

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yehudí, Jew). Related to Judah. An endonym for and doublet of Jew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jəˈhuːdi/
  • Rhymes: -uːdi

Proper noun

Yehudi

  1. A male given name from Hebrew of Jewish usage.
    • 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency[1]:
      The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.

Derived terms

Noun

Yehudi (plural Yehudis)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A Jew.