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Where does “חוצפּה” come from?

חוצפּה (Yiddish) comes from Aramaic חוצפא — audacity.

חוצפּה (Yiddish): chutzpah; audacity

Definitions

  1. chutzpah; audacity

Ancestry of “חוצפּה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicחוצפאaudacity

Words derived from “חוצפּה”

  • chutzpah
  • chutzpadik
  • Chuzpe
  • hucpa
  • hücpe
  • chucpe
  • חוצפּהדיק
Every word from Aramaic חוצפא →