Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exilarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-i-larch
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.

noun

The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.

Etymology

From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

exilarchs (plural)

Questions

What does exilarch mean?
The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
Where does exilarch come from?
From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).

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