Etymology

shaila

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Today it means: A question, especially a religious or legal one posed to a rabbi regarding Jewish law (halacha). Full definition →

Yiddish שאלה ← Hebrew שְׁאֵלָה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromשְׁאֵלָה“question”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromשאלה
  3. English todayshaila

Borrowed from Yiddish שאלה (sheyle), Hebrew שְׁאֵלָה (sh'elá, “question”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.