אָלרײַטניק

Yiddish

Alternative forms
  • אָל־רײַטניק (ol-raytnik)

Etymology

English all right +‎ ־ניק (-nik). Coined by Abe Cahan in the Forverts, to describe Jewish immigrants to the US in the early 20th century who flaunted their newly acquired wealth in a rather vulgar manner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔɫˈʁaɪ̯tnɪk/

Noun

אָלרײַטניק • (olraytnik) m, plural אָלרײַטניקעס (olraytnikes), feminine אָלרײַטניטשקע (olraytnitshke)

  1. (derogatory, US) parvenu, nouveau riche, upstart
    Synonyms: פּאַרוועניו (parvenyu), אויפֿגעקומענער גבֿיר (oyfgekumener g(e)vir), נוּוואָריש (nuvorish), דורכקריכער (durkhkrikher), פּאַמאַלניק (pamalnik)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “nouveau riche”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “אָלרײַטניק” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.