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Where does “תּפֿיסה” come from?

תּפֿיסה (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew תְּפִיסָה — holding, apprehension.

תּפֿיסה (Yiddish): prison

Definitions

  1. prison

Ancestry of “תּפֿיסה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewתְּפִיסָהholding, apprehension
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