Tora

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tora"

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːˈraː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: To‧ra
  • Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. (Judaism) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)
    Synonym: Pentateuch

Holonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse Þóra, a female form of Þórr, or a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Tóra and Icelandic Þóra.

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Tore

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. (Judaism) Torah (Five Books of Moses)
    Synonyms: Pentateuch, Pięcioksiąg
  2. Torah (full body of Jewish law)
  3. Torah (whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten)

Declension

Declension of Tora
singular
nominative Tora
genitive Tory
dative Torze
accusative Torę
instrumental Torą
locative Torze
vocative Toro

Further reading

  • Tora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Tora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “Tora”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. Alternative form of Torá

Swedish

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Proper noun

Tora c

  1. (Judaism) Torah
Usage notes

Sometimes in the definite Toran.

Declension
Declension of Tora 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative Tora Toran — —
Genitive Toras Torans — —
  • tora (“a Torah”)
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse.

Proper noun

Tora c (genitive Toras)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thora, short for names beginning with Tor-

References

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