Ashkenazi
Pronunciation: /ˌaʃkəˈnɑːzi/
Definition of Ashkenazi
noun ( plural Ashkenazim /-zɪm/)
- a Jew of central or eastern European descent. More than 80 per cent of Jews today are Ashkenazim; they preserve Palestinian rather than Babylonian Jewish traditions and some still use Yiddish. Compare with Sephardi.
Origin:
from modern Hebrew, from Ashkenaz, grandson of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah (Gen. 10:3)
