Where does “tikkun” come from?

tikkun (English) comes from Hebrew תיקון, from Hebrew תיקן, from Hebrew ־ָן — {{n-g|forming nouns denoting one with a certain...

tikkun (English): A night of (usually communal) Torah study

Definitions

  1. A night of (usually communal) Torah study

Ancestry of “tikkun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewתיקוןrepair
2Hebrewתיקןto repair; to correct; to improve, rehabilitate
3Hebrew־ָן{{n-g|forming nouns denoting one with a certain...
Every word from Hebrew ־ָן →Every word from Hebrew תיקן →Every word from Hebrew תיקון →