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zayde

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zayde /ˈzeɪdə , ˈzeɪdi / (also zaide)
noun informal (in Jewish use) one's grandfather:
as my zayde used to say, what's to worry?
[as name] Zayde, when I was a little girl you bounced me on your knee.
– ORIGIN Yiddish.