Borrowed from Hebrew תַּלְמִיד.
talmid (plural talmidim)
- (Judaism) A disciple
1998 June 24, Moshe Shulman, “The Only True Chasidus?”, in soc.culture.jewish[1] (Usenet):'Chassidus' means the whole body of teachings of the talmidim of the Baal Shem Tov and further.