kloyz

English

Etymology

From Yiddish קלויז (kloyz), from Middle High German klūse (“hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling”), from Old High German klūsa, from Proto-West Germanic *klūsā, from Latin clūsa (“something closed”). Cognate with German Klause, Dutch kluis, Old English clūse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɔɪz/
  • Homophone: cloys

Noun

kloyz (plural kloyzn or kloyzen or kloyzes)

  1. (Judaism) a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning
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