שחור

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ח־ר‎

Noun

שְׁחוֹר • (shkhor) m

blackness

Adjective

שחור \ שָׁחֹר • (shakhór) (feminine שחורה \ שְׁחֹרָה‎, masculine plural שחורים \ שְׁחֹרִים‎, feminine plural שחורות \ שְׁחֹרוֹת‎)

black

Derived terms

פלפל שחור \ פִּלְפֵּל שָׁחֹר‎ (pílpel shakhór)
פטל שחור \ פֶּטֶל שָׁחֹר‎ (pétel shakhór)
שְׁחַרְחַר‎ (sh'kharkhar)

References

H7838 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
“שחור‎” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שחור \ שָׁחֹר‎ (“black”).

Noun

שחור • (shokher) m, plural שחרים‎ (shokhrim)

(sometimes pejorative) black man

Synonyms

(black man): נעגער‎ (neger), שוואַרצער‎ (shvartser)

Descendants

German: schocher
Hungarian: sóher

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