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This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
Enmebaragesi (Sumerian: ππ¨πππ Enmebárgisi [EN-ME-BARA 2-GI 4-SE]; fl. c. 2750 BC) [3] originally Mebarasi (π¨ππ) [1] was the penultimate king of the first dynasty of Kish and is recorded as having reigned 900 years in the Sumerian King List.
An English sentence that uses either may be described by some as Yinglish, [1] though a secondary sense of the term describes the distinctive way certain Jews in English-speaking countries add many Yiddish words into their conversation, beyond general Yiddish words and phrases used by English speakers. [citation needed]
The use of the royal title King of Kish expresses a claim of national rulership and prestige, since Kish once did rule the entire nation. [4] His reign probably took over Umma , and consequently Zabala , which was a dependant of it in the Early Dynastic Period ; this can be supported by his appearance the Gem of King Aga , where he is mentioned ...
Jushur (cuneiform: ππ‘ ΔIŠ.UR 3; Sumerian: Δušur) appears as a king of Kish in the Sumerian king list, a literary composition created in Mesopotamia at the beginning of the second millennium BC.
Gilbert Flores/PictureGroup for National Geographic/Shutterstock Top Chef has found its new host — former champion Kristen Kish — after Padma Lakshmi exited the series after 20 seasons.
The book is in some ways similar to the Thousand and One Nights in its method of framing and linking unfinished stories within each other. The central character is a king, Azad Bakht, who falls into depression after thinking about his own mortality, and so sets out from his palace seeking wise men.
Copper figure of a bull from the Temple of Ninhursag, Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq, around 2600 BCE. The Kesh temple hymn, Liturgy to Nintud, or Liturgy to Nintud on the creation of man and woman, is a Sumerian tablet, written on clay tablets as early as 2600 BCE. [1]