paytan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פַּיְטָן (paytán).

Noun

paytan (plural paytans or paytanim)

  1. The writer of a piyyut.
    • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 134:
      The Oriental rabbis who settled in Germany, coming via Italy and France, were also precentors, chazzanim, and paytanim (poets).

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