Etymology

daven

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Today it means: to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray Full definition →

Yiddish דאַוונען
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromדאַוונען
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromדאַוונען
  3. English todaydaven

Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען (davnen).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.