barminán

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Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew בַּר מִינַן (bár minán, “may it not happen to us”, literally “outside of us”).

Interjection[edit]

barminán! (Latin spelling)

  1. how terrible!, Heaven protect us!

Adjective[edit]

barminán (Latin spelling)

  1. bad, evil

Further reading[edit]

  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “bárminam”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 80
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “barmimam[sic]”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 60
  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “bar¹”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
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