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Kushnir (Ukrainian: Кушнір, Belarusian: Кушнір, Russian: Кушни́р, Ку́шнир, Yiddish: קושניר) kushashvili(ქუშაშვილი) is a Ukrainian and Jewish surname, meaning furrier.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology

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The root of the name is the old Slavic word for fur, кърьзно, which can be transliterated as "kyrizno" or "kurizno" ("ъ" is the Slavic letter designating an ultra-short vowel, as for instance the "y" in "Katyusha"). ^{[citation needed]} The Polish word for furrier is Kuśnierz, also used as a surname, with similar words and names found in Serbo-Croatian. ^{[citation needed]}

Through the Slavic fur merchants, the word was also adopted into Germanic languages and evolved for instance into the modern German and Swedish words for furrier, Kürschner and körsnär respectively. ^{[citation needed]} Yiddish is a language lexically based to a large degree on German, and therefore a Yiddish-speaking Jew living in Ukraine or Poland could relate to the local word for furrier both through the local Slavic language, as through his mother tongue. ^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

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Alex Kushnir, Israeli politician
Alla Kushnir, a Russian–born Israeli chess Woman Grandmaster
Alla Kushnir, a Ukrainian belly dancer
Anton Kushnir (born 1984), a Belarusian aerial skier
Asher Kushnir, Russian lecturer
David Kushnir (1931–2020), Israeli Olympic long-jumper
Pavel Kushnir, (1984-2024) Russian pianist and political activist

References

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v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of furrier/skinner
Germanic	Körsnär, Kürschner, Kushner, Kouchner Peltz, Pelz, Pelzer
Romance	Pelletier, Peletier, Le Peletier, Peltier Peleteiro Pélissier, Pellissier, Pellizzari, Pellizzoni, Cojocaru/Cojocari/Cojocar, Cojuhari (calque from 'Kozhukhar'), Suciu (calque from 'Szűcs'), Cușmir
Slavic	Skornyakov Kožešník, Kožušník, Kozhukhar, Krznar, Krznarić Kushnarev, Kushnir, Kushnirenko,Kushnirov, Kushniryuk Kuśnierz, Kušnír, Kušnirák, Kuśmierz, Kuśmierek, Kuśmierczyk, Kuśmierski, Kusznir, Kusznierewicz Pelc, Pelczar
Other	Hungarian: Szűcs
See also	Surnames derived from the occupations of leathercraft/tanner/currier

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