דת

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Hebrew

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (dʾt' /⁠dāt, dād⁠/, “law, justice”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/), a cognate of English data.

Pronunciation

Noun

דָּת • (dat) f (plural indefinite דָּתוֹת, singular construct דַּת־)

  1. religion
    • c. 200 CE, “Sukkah 56”, in Mishnah:
      מעשה במרים בת בילגה שהמירה דתה, והלכה ונשאת לסרדיוט אחד ממלכי יוונים
      It happened that Miriam bat Bilgah changed her religion and married an officer of the Greek kings.

Usage notes

  • In Biblical Hebrew, the construct form was דָּת, as seen in, e.g., Esther 2:12 and Esther 9:13.

Derived terms

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew דת.

Noun

דת • (das) ?

  1. religion; creed
    Synonym: רעליגיע (religye)

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 51
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