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zayde

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[zey-duh, -dee] / ˈzeɪ də, -di /

noun

Yiddish.

  1. (used as a title or term of address) grandfather.

Etymology

Origin of zayde

First recorded in 1945–50; from Yiddish zeyde, from Slavic; compare Polish dziad, Byelorussian dzyed

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