nafke mine

Edit

Pronunciations

nafke mine (NAHF-kuh MEE-nuh) listen

Record a Pronunciation

Definitions

  • n. A practical difference.

Example Sentences

  • "So we could get on the Parkway or on the Turnpike--what's the nafke mine?"

  • "What is brought forth from sugia to halacha, and what is the nafka mina between the methods?" (source)

Record a Sentence

Languages of Origin

  • Aramaic
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Aramaic נפקא מינה nafka mina 'lit. emerges from it', Yiddish נפֿקא־מינה náfkemine 'difference'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      nafka minah, nafka mina

Notes

Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: