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gerim

gerim is the plural of ger.

Meaning of ger

Noun (1)

ger (plural gers)

  1. A yurt.
    • The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133

Noun (2)

ger (plural gerim)

  1. (Judaism) A male convert to Judaism; a Jewish proselyte.

See all 3 meanings of ger

Origin of gerim

From Hebrew גרים.

Questions about gerim

What is gerim the plural of?
Gerim is the plural of ger.

Words near gerim in the dictionary

  1. geriatry
  2. Gericke
  3. Gerickes
  4. Gerig
  5. Gerigs
  6. gerim
  7. Gering
  8. Geringer
  9. Geringers
  10. Geringian
  11. geringsing

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