Etymology

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Today it means: A penitential prayer service. Full definition →

Hebrew תחנון
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromתחנון
  2. English todaytachanun

From Hebrew תחנון (literally “supplication”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.