Ashkenazim
[ ahsh-kuh-nah-zim ]
/ ˌɑʃ kəˈnɑ zɪm /
plural noun, singular Ash·ke·naz·i [ahsh-kuh-nah-zee] /ˌɑʃ kəˈnɑ zi/.
Jews of central and eastern Europe, or their descendants, distinguished from the Sephardim chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew.
Origin of Ashkenazim
1830–40; < post-Biblical Hebrew
ashkənazzīm, plural of
ashkənazzī, equivalent to
ashkənaz
Ashkenaz +
-ī suffix of appurtenance