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Ash·ke·nazi (äs̸h′kə näzē; as̸h′kə nazē)

noun pl. -·nazim-näzim, -nazim

  1. a member of the group of Jews that, after the Diaspora, settled in central, northern, and, later, eastern Europe and developed Yiddish as their spoken language
  2. a descendant of this group

Etymology: Heb, a German Jew; earlier, a German, after ashkenaz, name of an ancient kingdom (see Jer. 51:27), after ashkenaz, second son of Gomer (see Gen. 10:3); prob. akin to Akkadian ishkuzai (> Gr Skythoi, the Scythians)

Ashkenazi Related Forms
Ash′·ke·nazic adjective