Pronounced: are-jee-BAR-jee (alt: are-gee-BAR-gee), noun
Notes: The alternate pronunciation was new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word ganef is “a thief, swindler, or rascal”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, I have run across a variant of our word; specifically, “gonif” in some novel or short story. The meaning was clear from the context, but I was completely unaware that there were alternate spellings. Our word came from Yiddish, which came from the Hebrew word gannabh (thief).
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