חשבון
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic حُسْبَان (ḥusbān).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χeʃˈbon/, /ħeʃˈbon/, [χe̞ʒˈbon]
Noun
חֶשְׁבּוֹן • (kheshbón) m (plural indefinite חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת, singular construct חֶשְׁבּוֹן־, plural construct חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]
- (uncountable) arithmetic, mathematics
- (countable) a bill, a check
- (countable) an account
- חשבון הטוויטר שלו ― kheshbón-hatwíter sheló ― his Twitter account
- חשבון בנק ― kheshbón-bánk ― a bank account
Derived terms
- דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן (din v'kheshbón)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹן אִינְפִינִיטֶסִימָלִי (kheshbón infinitesimáli)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹן דִּיפֶרֶנְצְיָאלִי וְאִינְטֶגְרָלִי (kheshbón diferentsyáli v'integráli)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַנֶּפֶשׁ (kheshbón hanéfesh, “self-examination, specifically in Judaism”)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹן נֶּפֶשׁ (kheshbón néfesh, “self-examination, specifically in Judaism”)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹנָאוּת (kheshbona'út)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹנַאי (kheshbonáy)
- חֶשְׁבּוֹנָאִי (kheshbona'í)
- לָקַח בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן (lakákh b'kheshbón)
- מְנַהֵל חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת (menahél kheshbonót)
- רוֹאֵה חֶשְׁבּוֹן (ro'é kheshbón, “accountant”)
Descendants
- → Ladino: hasbon, hesbon
- → Yiddish: חשבון (khezhbn)
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew חֶשְׁבּוֹן (kheshbón).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈχɛʃbn̩/, [ˈχɛʒbm̩]
Noun
חשבון • (khezhbn) m, plural חשבונות (khezhboynes)
- bill, check
- account
- calculation
- וואָס מאַכסטו אַ חשבון?
- vos makhstu a khezhbn?
- what are you calculating?
- (literally, “what a calculation are you making?”)
Derived terms
- חשבון־יאָר (khezhbn-yor, “financial year”)
- חשבון־פֿירונג (khezhbn-firung, “bookkeeping, accounting”)
- חשבון־פֿירעכץ (khezhbn-firekhts)
- חשבון־פֿירער (khezhbn-firer, “accountant, bookkeeper”)
- חשבון־צדק (khezhbn-tsedek, “fair account”)
- חשבונען (khezhbenen, “to reckon”)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “חשבון” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008), “xežbn/xešbn/xežbm”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slównik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 869