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haimish

haimish adjective: homey, folksy.

Adjective

haimish (comparative more haimish, superlative most haimish)

  1. homey, folksy
    • The subject matter covers everything from New York nightclubs to settlements in Gaza, and the tone ranges from the haimish to the horrific.2007 January 10, A.O. Scott, “A Film Festival for a Jewish World That Spans the Globe”, in New York Times

haimish meaning in Tamil

haimish in Tamil

ஏந்தான

Forms of haimish

comparativemore haimish
superlativemost haimish
alternative formheimish
alternative formheymish
alternative formhaimisch
alternative formhymish

Origin of haimish

From Yiddish היימיש (heymish) (compare German heimisch).

Questions about haimish

What does haimish mean?
Haimish means homey, folksy.
What is haimish in Tamil?
Haimish in Tamil is ஏந்தான. See Haimish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is haimish?
Haimish is an adjective.

Words near haimish in the dictionary

  1. Haim-Munk syndrome
  2. Haiman
  3. Haimans
  4. Haimen
  5. haimisch
  6. haimish
  7. Haimowitz
  8. Haimowitzes
  9. haimura
  10. haimuras
  11. hain

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: haimish (page history and authors); haimish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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