dire

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Pronunciations

dira (dee-RAH) listen

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Definitions

  • n. An apartment.

Example Sentences

  • "living in Israel in a tiny dirah in ganei geulah, desperately looking for something bigger but prices are too high over here(it costs about 9000 shekels a month for a 2 bedroom in ganai geula) does anyone have any ideas of any dirah, or where i can find a cheap dirah?" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • Y דירה dire, MH דִּירָה dirá

      • Who Uses This

      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      direh, dira, dirah

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