צימר

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “a room”), from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognate with English timber, German Zimmer (“room”), and Dutch timmer (“building; construction; room”).

Noun

צִימֵר / צִימֶר • (tsímer) m (plural indefinite צִימֵרִים / צִימֶרִים, plural construct צִימֵרֵי־ / צִימֶרֵי־)

  1. a guest room or a guest house
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