List of Jewish ethnonyms
An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms and autonyms or endonyms.
This article does not cover ethnic slurs.
List
Albanian | çifut |
Albanian | hebre |
Albanian | izraelit |
Arabic | يهودي Yahūdī ; يهود Yahūd بنو إسرائيل Banū Isra’il عبري ʕibrī |
Armenian | հրեա hrea ; հրեաներ |
Basque | Judu or judutar |
Bengali | Yeuhudi |
Bulgarian | Евреин, evrein ; еврейка, evreika ; евреи, evrei ; юдеи, yudei |
Bosnian | Jevrej,Jevrejin, Židov, Ćifut, Ćifo/Ćifko or Kurdish |
Catalan | Jueu ; jueus, jueva ; jueves |
Chinese | 猶太人, Chinese, Traditional |
Chinese | 犹太人, Chinese, Simplified, pinyin: Yóutài Rén |
Cornish | Yedhoweth |
Croatian | Židov |
Czech | Žid or žid |
Danish | Jøde ; Jøder |
Dutch | Jood |
English | Jews, see Jew 1 |
English | Hebrews2 |
English | Israelites or Children of Israel3 |
Esperanto | Judoj. L.L. Zamenhof described himself as hebreo. |
Estonian | Juut |
Finnish | Juutalainen |
French | Juif ; Juive, old formal term israélite |
Galego | Xudeu ; Xudía ; Xudeus ; Xudías |
Georgian | ებრაელი, Ebraeli |
German | Jude ; Jüdin ; Juden |
Greek | Ἰουδαῖος, Ioudaios1 |
Greek | Ἑβραῖος, Hebraios 2 |
Greek | Ἰσραηλίτης, Israelites 3 |
Hebrew | יהודי, Yehudi ; יהודיה, Yehudia ;יהודים, Yehudim/Yehudioth 1 |
Hebrew | עברי, Ivri ; עבריה, Ivria ; עברים, Ivrim/Ivrioth2 |
Hebrew | בני ישׂראל, Bnei Yisrael 3 |
Hindi | Yahudi |
Hungarian | zsidó |
Icelandic | gyðingur |
Indonesian/Malay | Yahudi, Banī Israel |
Irish | Giúdach |
Italian | Giudeo ; giudei ; |
Italian | Ebreo ; ebrei ; ebrea ; ebree |
Japanese | ユダヤ人, Yudayajin |
Korean | 유태인, Yutae-in |
Kurdish | Cihû, Mûsayî/مووسایی, Cûleke/جوله که |
Ladino | djudio, Judio |
Ladino | los ebreos |
Latin | Iudaeus1 |
Latvian | Ebrejs, ebrejiete, ebreji, ebrejietes. The terms žīds, žīdiete, žīdi and žīdietes were also used alongside up until World War II as a neutral ethnonym. However, post-World War II mainly due to it being used in the Nazi propaganda and the influence of Russian, the term has become to be traditionally considered derogatory. |
Lithuanian | Žydas, žydai |
Norwegian | Jøde |
Ojibwe | Zhoodawi or Joowiwi |
Persian | جهود or يهود -- Johud or Yahūd |
Persian | کلیمی, Kalimi a follower of Kalim Allah, also a euphemism for Johud. |
Polish | Żyd, Żydzi, Żydowie, Żydy |
Portuguese | Judeu ; judeus ; judia ; judias. Also hebreus and israelitas |
Romanian | Evreu, israelit, jidov, ovrei, jidan |
Russian | Еврей, Yevrey ; Евреи, Yevrei2 : Typically denotes the ethnicity; жид, zhid, жидовка, zhidovka ; Russian language being rich in inflection, there is a large number of pejorative forms derived from the two basic ones. |
Russian | Иудей, Iudey ; Иудеи, Iudei1 : Typically denotes the followers of Judaism. |
Scottish Gaelic | Iùdach Iùdaich |
Serbian | Јевреј Jevrej |
Slovak | Žid |
Spanish | Judío Judía Judíos Judías |
Spanish | Hebreo Hebrea Hebreos Hebreas |
Spanish | Israelita Israelitas as in "Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina". |
Swahili | Yahudi |
Swedish | Jude |
Tagalog | Hudyo, Israelita |
Thai | คนยิว, khon yiu |
Tibetan | Yahutapa |
Ukrainian | Жид ; Жиди |
Urdu | Yahudi ; Yahud |
Vietnamese | người Do Thái |
Turkish | Yahudi, Çıfıt something related to, or a follower of Judaism, latter usually considered pejorative. |
Turkish | Musevi, a follower of Moses, also a euphemism for Yahudi. |
Turkish | İbrani, a Hebrew. |
Welsh | Iddewon |
Yiddish | איד,ייִד Yid1 ; ייִדן', Yidn |