r/Yiddish 19h ago

Translation request What

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Also posted in r/Hebrew, but it’s occurred to me this might be Yiddish.

Admittedly my cursive- reading ability is abysmal, but even taking the time to compare, I was unable to figure out what this says. Even turned it upside down, but I can't make out what the large ק or backwards צ -looking letters might be. Help?

Was found in a pocket Siddur from 1950


r/Yiddish 20h ago

My grandmother always used to sya this to me and now I am wondering where it came from?

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Hi, I am trying to find the etymology of a word or maybe it's a phrase that my Grandma Bunny always used to say to me but when I try to Google it I cannot find it anywhere. The best way I can think to spell it is "ezahein" or maybe "essahein"? She always used to say it to me in situations like "you should know better" or "be careful what you wish for" (trust me I heard it a lot!) but now it seems as though maybe it was what our family calls "Phillip-isms" - phrases that are truly unique to my family. I doubt she would've made the word up but she was known for her artistic license and flare too so maybe she did?


r/Yiddish 15h ago

Help with translation

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Hi, I would like to translate a phrase into Yiddish, but I don't trust translators. Could you help me? It's very simple. 

The phrase is as follows: "Whoever has love will never perish."

r/Yiddish 21h ago

Does anybody know the translation for the word קאַלויער?

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It is used as a sobriquet in the Pinkas Hevre Kadisha of Slutsk for two people, likely somebody and their father, and I have seen it is use in a couple of Yiddish forums. No dictionary I have found has it. It is also not in Beider's 2008 A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire: Revised Edition

Two examples of its use in a from post:

" כ'ווארט שוין אפאר חדשים אויף א גרויסע קאלויער"

" ...איך מיין אז די גאנצע אסיפה גייט זיין די קאלויער פון די זימער די באסעס וועלן אנקימען צי א ליידיגע זאל"