List of Jewish ethnonyms
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This article lists the ethnonyms of the Jewish people in various linguistic contexts. See the article Jew, Jew (word) and the Footnotes for etymological and other information. This article does not cover ethnic slurs.
Arabic | يهودي Yahūdī (sl.); يهود Yahūd (pl.) بني إسرائيل Banī Israel عبري ʕibrī |
Bulgarian | Евреин, evrein (masc.); еврейка, evreika (fem.); евреи, evrei (pl.); юдеи, yudei (pl., archaic) |
Catalan | Jueu (masc. sig.); jueus (masc. pl.), jueva (fem. sing.); jueves (fem. pl.) |
Chinese | 猶太人, Chinese, Traditional |
犹太人, Chinese, Simplified, pinyin: Yóutài Rén | |
Croatian | Židov |
Czech | Žid (as a member of nation) or žid (as a confessor of Judaism) |
Dutch | Jood |
Ancient Egyptian | Possibly Habiru2; Ishrail (Israel, cf. Israel Stela) |
English | Jews1 |
Hebrews2 | |
Israelites or Children of Israel3 | |
Esperanto | Judoj. L.L. Zamenhof described himself as hebreo. |
Estonian | Juut |
Finnish | Juutalainen |
French | Juif (masc.); Juive (fem.) |
Galego | Xudeu (masc. sing.); Xudía (fem. sing.); Xudeus (masc. pl.); Xudías (fem. pl.) |
Georgian | ებრელი, Ebreli |
German | Jude (masc.); Jüdin (fem.); Juden (pl.) |
Greek | Template:Polytonic, Ioudaios1 |
Template:Polytonic, Hebraios (from Evrei)2 | |
Template:Polytonic, Israelites (from Israel)3 | |
Hebrew | יהודי, Yehudi (sl.); יהודים, Yehudim (pl.) 1 |
עברי, Ivri (sl.); עברים, Ivrim2 | |
בני ישׂראל, Bnei Yisrael (pl.)3 | |
Hindi | Yahudi |
Hungarian | Zsidó |
Icelandic | gyðingur (sl.) |
Indonesian/Malay | Yahudi, Banī Israel |
Italian | Ebreo (masc. sing.); ebrei (masc. pl.); ebrea (fem. sing.); ebree (fem. pl.) |
Japanese | ユダヤ人, Yudayajin |
Korean | 유태인, Yutae-in |
Kurdish | Cihû, Mûsayî/مووسایی, Cûleke/جوله که |
Ladino | djudio, Judio (singular) |
los ebreos (the Jews) | |
Latin | Iudaeus1 |
Latvian | Ebrejs |
Lithuanian | Žydai |
Norwegian | Jøde |
Ojibwe | Zhoodawi (from the French: judéité) or Joowiwi (from the English: Jew) |
Persian | جهود or يهود -- Johud (Persian) or Yahūdī (from Arabic); former sometimes considered pejorative. |
کلیمی, Kalimi (religious) a follower of Kalim Allah, also a euphemism for Johud. | |
Polish | Żyd |
Portuguese | Judeu ; judeus (masc. pl.); judia ; judias (fem. pl.). Also hebreus and israelitas (both masc. pl.) |
Romanian | Evreu, israelit, jidov(archaic), ovrei (archaic and demeaning), jidan (highly pejorative) |
Russian | Еврей, Yevrey (sl.); Евреи, Yevrei2 (pl.): Typically denotes the ethnicity (национальность - natsional'nost'); жид, zhid (masc. sing) (pejorative), жидовка, zhidovka (fem. sing.) |
Иудей, Iudey (sl.); Иудеи, Iudei1 (pl.): Typically denotes the followers of Judaism. | |
Serbian | Јевреј Jevrej |
Slovak | Žid |
Spanish | Judío (m. sing) Judía (f. sing) Judíos (plu) Judías (f. plu) |
Hebreo (m. sing) Hebrea (f. sing) Hebreos (plu) Hebreas (f. plu) | |
Israelita (sing) Isrealitas (plu) as in the Alianza Israelita Argentina. | |
Swahili | Yahudi |
Swedish | Jude |
Tagalog | Hudyo, Israelita (both derived from Spanish) |
Thai | คนยิว, khon yiu (from the English: Jew) |
Tibetan | Yahutapa |
Ukrainian | Єврей (sl.); євреї (pl.) |
Vietnamese | người Do Thái |
Turkish | Yahudi, Çıfıt (religious) something related to, or a follower of Judaism, latter usually considered pejorative. |
Musevi, (religious) a follower of Moses, also a euphemism for Yahudi. | |
İbrani, (ethnic) a Hebrew. | |
Yiddish | איד,ייִד Yid1 (IPA: [ˈjid]) (sl.); ייִדן, Yiden (pronounced [ˈjidn]) (pl.) |
No longer in use
- In the period preceding and during the British Mandate of Palestine, Jews who lived there were called (and also called themselves) Palestinian Jews or simply Palestinians, but after the emergence of Arab Palestinian nationalism and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the term "Palestinians" came to be used almost exclusively for Palestinian Arabs. (See Definitions of Palestine:Palestinian and Zionism)