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Gelfand

Gelfand proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Gelfand (plural Gelfands)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Forms of Gelfand

pluralGelfands

Origin of Gelfand

Variant of Helfand.

Words formed from Gelfand

  • Gelfand pair
  • Gelfand representation
  • Gelfand triple

Questions about Gelfand

What does Gelfand mean?
Gelfand means a surname from Yiddish.
What part of speech is Gelfand?
Gelfand is a proper noun.

Words near Gelfand in the dictionary

  1. Gelephu
  2. gelept
  3. Gelernt
  4. Gelernts
  5. geles
  6. Gelfand
  7. Gelfands
  8. Gelfond
  9. Gelfond's constant
  10. Gelfond-Schneider theorem
  11. Gelgaudiškis

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