Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tzitzit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

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Learned borrowing from Hebrew צִיצִית (tsitsít).

tzitziot (plural) tsitsith (alternative) tsitsit (alternative) tzitzis (alternative) tzitzith (alternative) zizit (alternative)

What does tzitzit mean?: The knotted fringes of the tallit.
Where does tzitzit come from?: Learned borrowing from Hebrew צִיצִית (tsitsít).

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