About KIRZNER

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About KIRZNER

The name seems to derive from the German words for furrier, Kürschner or Kuerschner. In Yiddish, Kirzner denotes a hatmaker or a furrier, or perhaps even a maker of fur hats.

There are only two ways to spell Kirzner in Yiddish, which is written right-to-left. First:

RESH	NUN	ZAYIN	RESH	YUD	KUF
						Yiddish cursive
RESH	NUN	ZAYIN	RESH	YOD	QOF
ר	נ	ז	ר	י	ק	Hebrew print
R	N	Z	R	I	K

and second:

RESH	AYIN	NUN	ZAYIN	RESH	YUD	KUF
							Yiddish cursive
RESH	AYIN	NUN	ZAYIN	RESH	YOD	QOF
ר	ע	נ	ז	ר	י	ק	Hebrew print
R	E	N	Z	R	I	K

Note: the Hebrew print characters may not display correctly in your particular browser.

(Thanks to Field Guide to Yiddish/Hebrew Letters for reference information.)

According to Rabbi Aaron Kotler, grandson of the renowned Kletsker Rabbi of the same name, "The Kirzner typically would be the hat maker versus the hat seller." In original Lithuanian Yiddish Kirzner is pronounced almost identical to Kershner / Kirshner. This may account for the variety of spellings we see: Kirzner, Kerzner, Kersner, Kirsner, Kirshner, Kershner, Kirchner, Kerchner, etc.

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According to a Russian-speaking Belarusian informant (J. S.) , these names are generally distinct in Russian:

Russian	English Transliteration*
КИРЗНЕР	KIRZNER
КИРСНЕР	KIRSNER
КИРШНЕР	KIRCHNER
КЕРШНЕР	KERSHNER
КУШНЕР	KUSHNER
КИРЖНЕР	KIRZHNER

Supplemental variant, thanks to ZMW:

Russian	English Transliteration*
КИРЗНЕРъ	KIRZNER

* courtesy of Google Translator

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