schlimazel

Betekenis (Engels)

A chronically unlucky person.

Sinonieme

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ʃləˈmɑːzəl/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”)

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