הפֿקר

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew הֶפְקֵר (hefkér).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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הפֿקר (hefker)

  1. abandoned, (no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted)
  2. with no master [usually negative connotation, comp. Y.L. Peretz' poem מיין נישט, with the line "די וועלט איז אַ הפֿקר"]

Derived terms

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