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haskalah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
haskalah
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Jewish Enlightenment, an Enlightenment movement among European Jewry.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הַשְׂכָּלָה.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: הַשְׂכָּלָה

Inflected Forms

the Haskalah (canonical)

Derived Forms

Haskalic

Frequently Paired Words

maskil

Questions

What does haskalah mean?
The Jewish Enlightenment, an Enlightenment movement among European Jewry.
Where does haskalah come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce haskalah

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