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Where does “אַמורא” come from?

אַמורא (Yiddish) comes from Aramaic אֲמוֹרָא — speaker.

אַמורא (Yiddish): One of the Amoraim, sages of the Gemara

Definitions

  1. One of the Amoraim, sages of the Gemara

Ancestry of “אַמורא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicאֲמוֹרָאspeaker
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