Etymology

genizah

ge·ni·zah
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Today it means: A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery. Full definition →

Hebrew גְּנִיזָה ← Old Persian *ganzam ← Old Median *ganǰam
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The story

  1. Old Median · derived from*ganǰam“depository; treasure”
  2. Old Persian · derived from*ganzam
  3. Hebrew · derived fromגְּנִיזָה“archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah”
  4. English todaygenizah

From Hebrew גְּנִיזָה (g'nizá, “archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah”) (plural גְּנִיזוֹת (g'nizót)), from Old Persian *ganzam, from Old Median *ganǰam (“depository; treasure”).

Words from the same roots

Old Median*ganǰam all →

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