Edot Mizrach

Pronunciations

Edot Mizrach (eh-DOT meez-RAHKH) listen

Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Sephardic is from Sepharad, means Spain. It does include, technically, all the Edot Mizrach, meaning Jews from Iraq and Iran and Egypt and Tunisia and all the different, and Yemen and all those places." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • עֲדוֹת־הַמִּזְרָח edut-hamizrakh, lit. 'communities of the East'

    • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      Edot HaMizrach, Edot Mizrakh, Edot HaMizrakh, Edut Mizrach, Edut HaMizrach, Edut Mizrakh, Edut HaMizrakh

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