tzitzit

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew צִיצִית (tsitsít).[1]

Noun

tzitzit (plural tzitziot or tzitzis or tzitzith)

  1. The knotted fringes of the tallit.

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References

  1. ^ “tzitzit, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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