Mizrahi Definition

mĭz-rähē
mizrahi
noun
A descendant of those Jews who historically lived in the Middle East and North Africa before the arrival of Sephardic exiles from Spain and Portugal in the late 1400s. Most present-day Mizrahim live in Israel, Europe, and the United States.
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Origin of Mizrahi

  • Modern Israeli Hebrew mizrāḥī eastern, Mizrahi Hebrew mizrāḥ place where the sun rises, the east (from zāraḥ to rise (of the sun)) (akin to Aramaic dnaḥ to rise, shine) Hebrew -ī adj. suff.

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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