Tuesday, 8 August 2023

The Yiddish roots of the word 'yeshiva'

'Yeshiva' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'yeshiva'. The word entered the English language some time around 1760.


yeshiva [noun] [1760]
  • a school for talmudic study
  • an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary
  • a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction
See 'yeshiva' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from Yiddish.

Etymology: Late Hebrew 'yĕshībhāh'
See more loan words from 1700s.


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