Etymology

melamed

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Today it means: A religious teacher or instructor in general, especially in the Talmudic period. Full definition →

Hebrew מְלַמֶד
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמְלַמֶד“teacher”
  2. English todaymelamed

Borrowed from Hebrew מְלַמֶד (“teacher”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.