bitul
Pronunciations
bittul | (BIH-tul) | listen |
Definitions
n. "Contempt, disparagement" (Steinmetz).
n. Self-abnegation.
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
ביטול Heb. bitul 'renunciation, relinquishment', Yid. bitl 'disdain, contempt'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
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- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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bitl
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