Tora
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tora"
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˈraː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: To‧ra
- Rhymes: -aː
Proper noun
Tora f
- (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
- a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Tore
Related terms
References
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 363
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ra/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔra
- Syllabification: To‧ra
Proper noun
Tora f
- (Judaism) Torah (Five Books of Moses)
- Synonyms: Pentateuch, Pięcioksiąg
- Torah (full body of Jewish law)
- Torah (whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten)
Declension
Declension of Tora
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
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: To‧ra
Proper noun
Tora f
- alternative form of Torá
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Tora c
Usage notes
Sometimes in the definite Toran.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | Tora | Toras |
definite | Toran | Torans | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Related terms
- tora (“a Torah”)
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Norse.
Proper noun
Tora c (genitive Toras)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Thora, short for names beginning with Tor-
Related terms
References
- tora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)