Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pashta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pash-ta
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cantillation mark found in Hebrew religious texts.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Hebrew פַּשְׁטָא (pashtá, literally “stretching out”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: פַּשְׁטָא

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does pashta mean?
A cantillation mark found in Hebrew religious texts.
Where does pashta come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce pashta

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