bahur

noun

ba·​hur

variants or bachur or less commonly bochur

ˈbȯḵu̇r,

ˈbəḵər

or bocher

ˈbəḵər

plural bahurim or bachurim also bochurim

ˈbȯḵu̇rə̇m,

ˈbəḵər-,

-rēm

or bocherim

ˈbəḵər-

in Jewish use

: a young unmarried man : youth

specifically : a student in a Talmudic academy

called also yeshiva bocher

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew bāḥūr youth

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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