Ashkenazi
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ashkenazi in British English:
UK [ˌæʃkəˈnɑ:zi]
How to pronounce Ashkenazi in American English:
US [ˌɑʃkəˈnɑzi]
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- Noun:
- a Jew of eastern European or German descent
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Carrier screening in individuals of ashkenazi jewish descent .
- 2. The group in question are ashkenazi jews . The process is natural selection .
- 3. Hills and hertwig cite a study of ashkenazi jews , who have an average iq much higher than the general european population .
- 4. But , at the same time , ashkenazi jews have been plagued by inherited diseases like tay-sachs disease that affect the nervous system .
- 5. Dr cochran thinks they do exist , and that they are exactly the genes that cause the inherited diseases which afflict ashkenazi society .