Jewish Lexicon Project
Throughout history, Jews have distinguished their language from that of their non-Jewish neighbors in many ways, including words from Hebrew, Aramaic, and other languages. To highlight these distinctive words, we have created the Jewish Lexicon Project. The project currently includes online collaborative dictionaries for five contemporary Jewish languages. Think of them as the Wikipedia/Urban Dictionary of Jewish languages.
Please browse these dictionaries - and offer suggested edits and additions.
Jewish English
Jewish Latin American Spanish
- Léxico Judío Latinoamericano
Jewish French
- Glossaire du français juif
Jewish Russian
- Словаря еврейского этнолекта русского языка
Jewish Swedish
- Lexikon över judisk svenska
Other online dictionaries
Hebrew
Hebrew WordNet: MILA Corpora of Written and Spoken Hebrew
Jewish Aramaic / Judeo-Aramaic
Yiddish
Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
Harkavy Yiddish-English English-Yiddish Dictionary
Judeo-Spanish
Diksionario de Ladinocomunita (translates Judeo-Spanish terms to Spanish, English, and Turkish)
Print dictionaries of Hebrew-Aramaic components
Comparative
Maman, Aharon, ed. Milon mashveh la-markiv ha-ʻivri bilshonot ha-yehudim: ʻal yesod ha-osef shel Prof. Shelomo Morag z”l. Edah Ve-lashon 31. Jerusalem: Magnes, 2019 (revised edition).
Haketía
Bentolila, Yaakov. Diccionario del elemento hebreo en la haketía. Córdoba: UCOPress, 2015.
Jewish English
Glinert, Lewis. The Joys of Hebrew. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Judeo-Arabic
Henshke, Yehudit. Lashon ‘ivri be-dibur ‘aravi: Otsar ha-milim ha-‘ivri ba-‘aravit ha-meduberet shel yehude tunisyah. Jerusalem: Mosad Byalik, 2007.
Judezmo/Judeo-Spanish/Ladino
Bunis, David M. Ha-yesodot ha-‘ivriyim veha-aramiyim ba-sefardit ha-yehudit ha-hadashah. Jerusalem: Magnes, 1993.
Yiddish
Niborski, Isidoro. Verterbukh fun loshn-koydesh-shtamike verter in yidish. Paris: Medem Bibliotek, 2012.