dayga
Pronunciations
| dayga | (DYE-guh) | listen |
Definitions
n. A worry, problem.
Example Sentences
"The Chiddushei HaRim says it is a specific ‘disease’ called ‘Dayga’ – ‘Daygas haParnassa’, namely worry about making a proper living." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y דאגה dayge
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
diega, dayge, diege
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