Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaon

/ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: gaon
IPA: /ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Gaon.

noun

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses."
"Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon."
"1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=M0wUKoMJeccC&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&sig=ffm2drYu_SPO-Cgn9eM32oW2rhM The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received from Ḥasan as-ʻĀqūlī (al-ʻĀqūla, the ancient Aramaic name for Kūfa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the Gaon knew.."

Etymology

From Hebrew גָּאוֹן (ga'ón, “grandeur, majesty, genius”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: גָּאוֹן

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

Gaonim (plural) Geonim (plural) Gaons (plural)

Derived Forms

gaonate Gaonic

Questions

How do you pronounce gaon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/.
What does gaon mean?: A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia
Where does gaon come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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