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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gair-yahudi
"यहूदी धर्म में गैर-यहूदी कोजेंटाइल कहा जाता है।"
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A person who is not Jewish.
"In historical texts, the laws often distinguished between Jews and Gentiles."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin gentilis 'belonging to a nation or family', from gens 'clan, race', used in the Vulgate to translate Greek ethne 'nations', applied to non-Jews.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Gentile"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Gentile" is said worldwide
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gentil
Transliteration: gentil
"Il est un gentil qui s'intéresse à la culture juive."
Nichtjude
Transliteration: Nichtjude
"Im alten Kontext wurde er als Nichtjude bezeichnet."
gentile
Transliteration: gentile
"Anticamente quel termine indicava una persona non ebrea."
gentil
Transliteration: gentil
"Muchos gentiles se convirtieron al cristianismo primitivo."
gentio
Transliteration: gentio
"Naquela época, ele era considerado um gentio."
गैर-यहूदी
Transliteration: gair-yahudi
"यहूदी धर्म में गैर-यहूदी कोजेंटाइल कहा जाता है।"
外邦人
Transliteration: wàibāngrén
"在古代文献中，这个词通常指外邦人。"
이방인
Transliteration: ibangin
"역사적으로 그는 유대인이 아닌 이방인이었습니다."
異邦人
Transliteration: ihōjin
"聖書の中ではユダヤ人以外の者を異邦人と呼びます。"
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