Etymology

maftir

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Today it means: The person who reads the Haftarah. Full definition →

Hebrew מַפְטִיר ← Yiddish מפֿטיר
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  1. Yiddish · derived fromמפֿטיר
  2. Hebrew · derived fromמַפְטִיר
  3. English todaymaftir

From Hebrew מַפְטִיר (maftír), also through Yiddish מפֿטיר (mafter).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.