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Hebrew
Etymology
תּוֹךְ (tókh, “inside”) + ־וֹן (-ón). Compare רִאשׁוֹן (rishón, “first”) from רֹאשׁ (rósh, “head”).
The sense high school is an ellipsis of בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן (“high school”), and the sense median is a semantic loan from English.
Adjective
תִּיכוֹן • (tikhón) (feminine תִּיכוֹנָה, masculine plural תִּיכוֹנִים, feminine plural תִּיכוֹנוֹת)
- middle, central
Derived terms
Noun
תִּיכוֹן • (tikhón) m (plural indefinite תִּיכוֹנִים, singular construct תִּיכוֹן־, plural construct תִּיכוֹנֵי־)
- (colloquial, education) high school
- (geometry, statistics) a median
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