חזיר

Hebrew

Root
ח־ז־ר (ḥ-z-r)

Etymology

Cognate with Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr), and Maltese ħanżir.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈziʁ/
(file)

Noun

חֲזִיר • (khazír) m (plural indefinite חֲזִירִים, singular construct חֲזִיר־, plural construct חֲזִירֵי־)

pig, swine; pork (the animal or its meat)

Derived terms

חֲזַרְזִיר (khazarzír)

See also

בשר לבן m (basár laván)
דבר אחר m (davár achér)
בקר נמוך m (bakár namukh)

References

H2386 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“חזיר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

חזיר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חֲזִיר (khazír).

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Litvish, Poylish) IPA^(key): [ˈχazəʁ]

Noun

חזיר • (khazer) m, plural חזירים (khazeyrem)

pig

Derived terms

אַ חזיר בלײַבט אַ חזיר (a khazer blaybt a khazer)
חזיר־ניסל (khazer-nisl)
חזיר־פֿעטס (khazer-fets)
חזירײַ (khazeray)
שטעכל־חזיר (shtekhl-khazer)

Related terms

חזיריש (khazerish)

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