mora
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Pronunciations

morah (moh-RAH) listen
morah (MOE-ruh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A female teacher.

  • n. The title for a female teacher.

Example Sentences

  • "Morah Ariella said we should bring them home."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • מוֹרָה morá

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      morah

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