אינלאַנד

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably directly borrowed from German Inland, as אינ־ (in-) is not productive in Yiddish. By surface analysis, אין (in) +‎ לאַנד (land).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnɫand/

Noun

אינלאַנד • (inland) n

  1. inland (the interior of land, far from the coast)
  2. homeland
    Antonym: אויסלאַנד (oysland)

Derived terms
  • אינלאַנד־⁠מיניסטעריום (inland-⁠ministeryum)
  • אינלאַנד־⁠מיניסטער (inland-⁠minister), אינלאַנד־⁠סעקרעטאַר (inland-⁠sekretar, “Secretary of the Interior, Home Secretary”)
  • אינלאַנד־⁠פּאָליטיק (inland-⁠politik, “internal affairs of state”)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “אינלאַנד”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
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