- Jewish ethnonyms
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This article lists the ethnonyms of the Jewish people in various linguistic contexts. See the article Jew, Jew (word) and the Footnotes for etymological and other information. This article does not cover ethnic slurs.
Arabic يهودي Yahūdī (sl.); يهود Yahūd (pl.) بني إسرائيل Banī Israel عبري ʕibrī Basque Judu or judutar Bulgarian Евреин, evrein (masc.); еврейка, evreika (fem.); евреи, evrei (pl.); юдеи, yudei (pl., archaic) Catalan Jueu (masc. sig.); jueus (masc. pl.), jueva (fem. sing.); jueves (fem. pl.) Chinese 猶太人, Chinese, Traditional 犹太人, Chinese, Simplified, pinyin: Yóutài Rén Croatian Židov Czech Žid (as a member of nation) or žid (as a confessor of Judaism) Dutch Jood Ancient Egyptian Possibly Habiru2; Ishrail (Israel, cf. Israel Stela) English Jews, see Jew (word)1 Hebrews2 Israelites or Children of Israel3 Esperanto Judoj. L.L. Zamenhof described himself as hebreo. Estonian Juut Finnish Juutalainen French Juif (masc.); Juive (fem.) Galego Xudeu (masc. sing.); Xudía (fem. sing.); Xudeus (masc. pl.); Xudías (fem. pl.) Georgian ებრელი, Ebreli German Jude (masc.); Jüdin (fem.); Juden (pl.) Greek Ἰουδαῖος, Ioudaios1 Ἑβραῖος, Hebraios (from Evrei)2 Ἰσραηλίτης, Israelites (from Israel)3 Hebrew יהודי, Yehudi (sl.); יהודים, Yehudim (pl.) 1 עברי, Ivri (sl.); עברים, Ivrim2 בני ישׂראל, Bnei Yisrael (pl.)3 Hindi Yahudi Hungarian Zsidó Icelandic gyðingur (sl.) Indonesian/Malay Yahudi, Banī Israel Italian Ebreo (masc. sing.); ebrei (masc. pl.); ebrea (fem. sing.); ebree (fem. pl.) Japanese ユダヤ人, Yudayajin Korean 유태인, Yutae-in Kurdish Cihû, Mûsayî/مووسایی, Cûleke/جوله که Ladino djudio, Judio (singular) los ebreos (the Jews) Latin Iudaeus1 Latvian Ebrejs Lithuanian Žydai Norwegian Jøde Ojibwe Zhoodawi (from the French: judéité) or Joowiwi (from the English: Jew) Persian جهود or يهود -- Johud (Persian) or Yahūdī (from Arabic); former sometimes considered pejorative. کلیمی, Kalimi (religious) a follower of Kalim Allah, also a euphemism for Johud. Polish Żyd Portuguese Judeu ; judeus (masc. pl.); judia ; judias (fem. pl.). Also hebreus and israelitas (both masc. pl.) Romanian Evreu, israelit, jidov(archaic), ovrei (archaic and demeaning), jidan (highly pejorative) Russian Еврей, Yevrey (sl.); Евреи, Yevrei2 (pl.): Typically denotes the ethnicity (национальность - natsional'nost'); жид, zhid (masc. sing) (pejorative), жидовка, zhidovka (fem. sing.) Иудей, Iudey (sl.); Иудеи, Iudei1 (pl.): Typically denotes the followers of Judaism. Serbian Јевреј Jevrej Slovak Žid Spanish Judío (m. sing) Judía (f. sing) Judíos (plu) Judías (f. plu) Hebreo (m. sing) Hebrea (f. sing) Hebreos (plu) Hebreas (f. plu) Israelita (sing) Isrealitas (plu) as in the Alianza Israelita Argentina. Swahili Yahudi Swedish Jude Tagalog Hudyo, Israelita (both derived from Spanish) Thai คนยิว, khon yiu (from the English: Jew) Tibetan Yahutapa Ukrainian Єврей (sl.); євреї (pl.) Vietnamese người Do Thái Turkish Yahudi, Çıfıt (religious) something related to, or a follower of Judaism, latter usually considered pejorative. Musevi, (religious) a follower of Moses, also a euphemism for Yahudi. İbrani, (ethnic) a Hebrew. Yiddish איד,ייִד Yid1 (pronounced [ˈjɪd]) (sing.); ייִדן, Yidn (pronounced [ˈjɪdn̩]) (pl.) No longer in use
- In the period preceding and during the British Mandate of Palestine, Jews who lived there were called (and also called themselves) Palestinian Jews or simply Palestinians, but after the emergence of Arab Palestinian nationalism and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the term "Palestinians" came to be used almost exclusively for Palestinian Arabs. (See Definitions of Palestine:Palestinian and Zionism)
See also
- Etymology of the word Jew
Footnotes
Categories:- Jews
- Names by culture
- Ethnonyms
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