NAMES

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Tevye: TEHV-yuh (also may be written as Tevya or Tevyeh) 

Tzietel: SCI-tull (also may be written as Tsaytl) 

Hodel: *HUH-dull (also may be written as Hodl or Huddel) 

Chava: *HAH-vuh (Chavaleh is *HAV-vuh-luh) (also may be written as Khave) 

Golde: GOAL-duh 

Yente: YENT-uh 

Motel Kamzoil: MOH-tull KAHM-zoy-ull (also may be written as Motl Komzoyl) 

Perchik: PUR-chick (also may be written as Pertshik) 

Fyedka: Fee-YED-kuh (also may be written as Khvedke or Chvedka) 

Shprintze: SHPRINT-zuh (also may be written as Shprintse) 

Bielke: Bee-ELL-kuh (also may be written as Beilke or Beylke) 

Lazar Wolf: LAY-zur Vulf (soft v) (also may be written as Layzer Wolf or Leyzer-Volf)

Avram: Ahv-RAHM (also may be written as Avrom) 

Reb Nahum: REB NAH-*hum (also may be written as Nokhum) 

Mordcha: MORD-chuh (also may be written as Mordkhe)

Mendel: MEN-dul (also may be written as Mendl)

Ruchel: RUH-*hool 

Laban: LAY-ben 

Fruma-Sarah: FROO-muh Sarah (also may be written as Frume Soreh) 

Shandel: SHAHN-duhl 

Yussel: YOO-suhl (also may be written as Yosl)

Abram: Ah-BRAHM 

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LOCATIONS 

Anatevka: AH-nuh-tehv-kuh 

Zolodin: Zoh-loh-DEEN 

Rajanka: RUH-yawn-kuh 

Kiev: KEY-ehv 

Rabalevka: RAH-buh-lehv-kuh 

 

*This is a back of the throat “ch” sound (or, in linguist terms, ⟨χ⟩, a voiceless uvular fricative)

 

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