Etymology

kibbutz

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Today it means: A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations. Full definition →

Hebrew קִבּוּץ
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromקִבּוּץ
  2. English todaykibbutz

From Hebrew קִבּוּץ (kibúts), derived from the verb קָבַץ (kaváts, “to gather, collect, assemble”). Not related to kibitz.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.