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- Hebrew · borrowed fromקָמָץ
- English todaykamatz
From Hebrew קָמָץ (kamats).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, shaped like a small uppercase T, which is written beneath a letter to indicate an /a/ sound (or, in Ashkenazi pronunciation, an /o/ sound). Full definition →
From Hebrew קָמָץ (kamats).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.