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Where does “hucpa” come from?
hucpa (Polish) comes from Yiddish חוצפּה, from Aramaic חוצפא — audacity.
hucpa
(Polish): chutzpah
Definitions
chutzpah
Ancestry of “hucpa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Yiddish
חוצפּה
chutzpah; audacity
2
Aramaic
חוצפא
audacity
Words derived from “hucpa”
hucpiarz
hucpiarski
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