Tora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tora"

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːˈraː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: To‧ra
  • Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. (Judaism) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)
    Synonym: Pentateuch

Holonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Þóra, a female form of Þórr, or a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Tóra and Icelandic Þóra.

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Tore

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Syllabification: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. (Judaism) Torah (Five Books of Moses)
    Synonyms: Pentateuch, Pięcioksiąg
  2. Torah (full body of Jewish law)
  3. Torah (whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten)

Declension

Further reading

  • Tora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Tora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Tora”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

  1. alternative form of Torá

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Proper noun

Tora c

  1. (Judaism) Torah
Usage notes

Sometimes in the definite Toran.

Declension
Declension of Tora
nominative genitive
singular indefinite Tora Toras
definite Toran Torans
plural indefinite
definite
  • tora (a Torah)
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse.

Proper noun

Tora c (genitive Toras)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thora, short for names beginning with Tor-

References

Anagrams