kol tuv

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Pronunciations

kol tuv (kawl TOOV) listen

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Definitions

  • interj. A greeting or farewell meaning 'all the best'.

Example Sentences

  • "Thanks a lot, kol tuv!"

  • "I have a call on the other line, so call me back in an hour Koltuv!" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y כּל־טובֿ kol-tuv

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      kol tov

Notes

  • Often used as a closing in a letter or conversation.

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