mazel tov
Pronunciations
Definitions
interj. Congratulations [lit. "good fortune"].
Example Sentences
An elderly congregant at my pulpit said to the bat miztvah "Mazel Tof, Zoe. What a great job you did."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
Heb מזל טוב mazál tov, Yiddish מזל־טובֿ mázltov
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- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- 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).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
mazl tov, mazal tof, mazal tov, mazel tov, mazol tov, mazeltof, mazeltov, mazel toff
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