Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chavrusa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chavrusa
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A partner with whom one studies Talmud and other topics in Judaism; by extension, any study partner.

Countable

noun

A pair of students who study together.

Countable

noun

A study session with a partner.

Countable

Example Sentences

"A bachur who takes arguments personally will very quickly find himself without a chavrusa."
"The tumult for the uninitiated is this unscripted informal matchmaking service ensuring that every single talmid in yeshivah finds an appropriate chavrusa — yet there is no computerized list or formal director no algorithm or aptitude test just well-meaning intermediaries making suggestions and answering questions as would-be chavrusas try to gauge their potential partners."
"I have a Chumash chavrusa with Shlomo every Thursday at 9 pm."

Etymology

From the Ashkenazic pronunciation of Hebrew חברותא (khavrúta), from Aramaic חברותא (ħavrutaʔ).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: חברותא

Usage

Countable

Inflected Forms

chavrusas (plural) chavruta (alternative) havrusa (alternative) havruta (alternative) chevruta (alternative) chevrutah (alternative)

Questions

What does chavrusa mean?: A partner with whom one studies Talmud and other topics in Judaism; by extension, any study partner.
Where does chavrusa come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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