A “blind date” in Hebrew is a פגישה עיוורת.
פגישה – meeting – comes from the root פ.ג.ש, meaning to meet. עיוורת means blind when referring to something grammatically feminine (matching the word “meeting”). While many young Israelis today just use the borrowed-from-English word דייט, the term פגישה עיוורת is still the classic way to describe that terrifying moment you meet someone you’ve only seen in a grainy WhatsApp photo.
In context:
יש לי פגישה עיוורת הערב, אני ממש לחוץ!
I have a blind date tonight, I’m really nervous! (spoken by a male)
