Main Entry:

Se·phar·di

Pronunciation:

\sə-ˈfär-dē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Se·phar·dim \-ˈfär-dəm\

Etymology:

Late Hebrew sĕphāradhī, from sĕphāradh Spain, from Hebrew, region where Jews were once exiled (Obad 1:20)

Date:

1851

: a member of the occidental branch of European Jews settling in Spain and Portugal and later in the Balkans, the Levant, England, the Netherlands, and the Americas ; also : one of their descendants — compare ashkenazi

— Se·phar·dic \-ˈfär-dik\ adjective