Names of the Jewish people

Names of the Jewish people:

This article lists the names of the Jewish people in various linguistic contexts. See the article Jew and the Footnotes for etymological and other information. This article does not cover ethnic slurs.

Hebrew language

In the Hebrew language:

• יהודים, Yehudim¹
• עבריים, Ivriyim²
• בני ישׂראל, Bnai Israel³

Yiddish language

In Yiddish:

• יידן, Yidn¹

Ancient Greek language

In Ancient Greek:

• Ιουδαιος, Ioudaios¹
• Evrei²

Ancient Egyptian language

In Ancient Egyptian:

• Possibly Habiru²; Ishrail (Israel, cf. Israel Stela)

Africaans

In Africaans:

• Jood

Albanian

In Albanian:

• Çifut

Arabic

In Arabic

• ﻲﺩﻭﻬﻴﻠﺍ

Bulgarian

In Bulgarian:

• ЕВРЕИН

Catalan

In Catalan:

• Jueu

Chinese

In Chinese:

• 猶太人, Chinese, Traditional
• 犹太人, Chinese, Simplified

Croatian

In Croatian:

• Židov

Czech

In Czech:

• Žid

Dutch

In Dutch:

• Jood

Esperanto

In Esperanto:

• Judoj

Estonian

In Estonian:

• Juut

Farsi

In Farsi:

• ﯽﺩﻭﻬﻴ

Finnish

In Finnish:

• Juutalainen

French

In French:

• Juif

German

In German:

• Jude

Hungarian

In Hungarian:

• Zsidó

Italian

In Italian:

• Ebreo

Japanese

In Japanese:

• ユダヤ人

Korean

In Korean:

• 유태인

Latin language

In Latin:

• Iudeus¹

Latvian

In Latvian:

• Ebrejs

Norwegian

In Norwegian:

• Jøde

Polish

In Polish:

• Żyd

Portuguese

In Portuguese:

• Judeu

Romanian

In Romanian:

• Evreu

Slovak

In Slovak language:

• Žid

Spanish

In Spanish:

• Judío

Swahili

In Swahili:

• Yahudi

Swedish

In Swedish:

• Jude

Thai

In Thai:

• คนยิว

Turkish

In Turkish:

• Yahudi

English language

In English:

• Jews¹
• Hebrews²
• Israelites or Children of Israel³

Russian language

In Russian:

• Евреи, Yevrei² (pl.): Typically denotes the ethnicity (национальность – natsional'nost')
• Иудеи, Iudei¹ (pl): Typically denotes the followers of Judaism.

Religious context

In religion:

• The People of the Book

No longer in use

• In the period preceding and during the British Mandate of Palestine, Jews who lived there were called (and also called themselves) Palestinian Jews or Palestinians, but after the emergence of Arab Palestinian nationalism in the 1920s and especially after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the term "Palestinians" came to be used almost exlusively for Palestinian Arabs. (See Definitions of Palestine:Palestinian and Zionism)

See also

• Etymology of the word Jew

Footnotes

• ¹ Yehudi, Jewish, a "Judaean", "from the land of Yehuda (Judah, Judea)".
• ² Ivri, Hebrew, "one who passes over", a reference to the Biblical patriarch Abraham (or possibly Eber).
• ³ Israel, "one who has struggled with God", the name given to the Biblical patriarch Jacob.