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Where does “tfilin” come from?

tfilin (Hungarian) comes from Yiddish תּפֿילין, from Hebrew תפילין — tefillin.

tfilin (Hungarian): phylacteries, tefillin

Definitions

  1. phylacteries, tefillin

Ancestry of “tfilin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishתּפֿיליןtefillin
2Hebrewתפיליןtefillin

Words derived from “tfilin”

  • tfilint
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