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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

883.0. "need information on "NAAR"" by MOCA::SALTARES_E () Wed Feb 14 1990 17:51

    
    Hi, 
     Im interested in the family surname "NAAR". Is anybody
    out there knows its originality? I will appreciate any
    information regarding to the family name "NAAR". Thank
    you very much,
    
    Shalom,
    Edgar

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
883.1	a "foolish" answer	TAV02::SID		`Wed Feb 14 1990 21:44`	10
	I never met anyone with that surname, but in Yiddish it means "a foolish person". In Hebrew the word means "a youth", which is of course where the Yiddish word comes from. You can draw your own conclusions about the connection. Not a very flattering name, I'm afraid... Sid
883.2	Cognate?	BOLT::MINOW	Gregor Samsa, please wake up	`Sun Mar 04 1990 01:35`	3
	For what it's worth, "narr" means "fool" in Swedish. Martin.
883.3		NOTIME::SACKS	Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085	`Mon Mar 05 1990 15:25`	3
	I believe .1 has the derivation wrong. I seem to remember that Narr is German for fool, so that the Yiddish word would be Germanic, not Hebrew. Chris, can you verify my very rusty German?
883.4	Other meanings	UNTADC::FREEMAN		`Thu Mar 08 1990 08:33`	4
	NAAR in dutch is near or by and has other meanings in the other germanic languages. If it the name is of American origin there is a good chance that this has become corrupted and 'sounds like' or 'appears similiar to' the originating word !!!!