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Sephardi

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Borrowed from Hebrew סְפָרַדִּי (s'faradí).

adjective more Sephardi · most Sephardi · Sefardi · Sepharadi

  1. Of or relating to Jews of Iberia and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Ladino. Their claim is at least so far acknowledged by the Jews all over the world that the first rank is allowed by them to the Sephardi congregation in Jerusalem.

    Similar: Sephardic

  2. Israel Of or relating to the Jews following the Sephardic law and customs; essentially, all non-Ashkenazi Jews in Israel, including those not of Iberian origin.

noun Sephardis · Sephardim · Sepharadim · Sefardi · Sepharadi

  1. A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose traditional language is Ladino. In a move aimed at avoiding the mistakes made by many of the Jewish institutions in which students have grown up, the guidebook encourages students creating new Jewish organizations to ensure that “JOCSM (Jews of Color, Sephardi, Mizrahi) feel included and comfortable,” to maintain a “[s]upportive n
  2. Israel Any Jew following the Sephardic law and customs, instead of the Ashkenazic.

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noun a Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino

Españolsefardí, sefardita
Portuguêssefardi, sefardita
Françaisséfarade
DeutschSepharde
Italianosefardita
ΕλληνικάΣεφαρδίτης Sefardítis, Σεφαρδίτισσα Sefardítissa
Românăsefard
Русскийсефа́рд sefárd
العربيةسِفَارْدِيّ sifārdiyy
עבריתסְפָרַדִּי s'faradí

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@misc{sephardi_2026,
  title = {Sephardi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sephardi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}