Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kenesa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ke-ne-sa
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.

Etymology

Borrowed from Karaim כְּנִיסָא (kǝnîsāʾ), from Aramaic כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā, “gathering”), likely via Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church, synagogue”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ك ن س, כ־נ־שׁ, כְּנִישָׁא, كَنِيسَة

Inflected Forms

kenesas (plural)

Questions

What does kenesa mean?
An Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.
Where does kenesa come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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