galut

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלוּת (“exile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈluːt/

Noun

galut (plural galuts)

  1. The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
    • 1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page viii:
      Our forefathers, who fell away from serving the Almighty properly, caused its destruction and incurred the curse of galus.

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew גלות (galút).

Noun

galút m (Hebrew spelling גלות)

  1. the Jewish Diaspora

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “galut”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “galút”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 220
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “galut”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 185
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