jidan

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jidan

/ʒiˈdan/

Where it comes from

From the regionalism jid + -an, from Old Church Slavonic жидъ (židŭ), from Proto-Slavic *židъ, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos) and Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi); see also Russian жид (žid), Serbo-Croatian žid, Ukrainian жид (žyd).

noun jidani · equivalent jidancă · jidan · jidanul · jidanii

common, derogatory, ethnic, masculine, slur Jew, yid, kike

In English

Jew person of the Jewish faith
kike offensive: Jewish person

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@misc{jidan_2026,
  title = {jidan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/jidan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}