Etymology

shofar

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Today it means: A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes. Full definition →

Hebrew שׁוֹפָר
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromשׁוֹפָר“shofar”
  2. English todayshofar

From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.