Etymology

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Today it means: An Israeli school where the Hebrew language is taught to new immigrants. Full definition →

Hebrew אולפן / אֻלְפָּן (ulpán) ← Aramaic אולפן (ʾulpān)
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The story

  1. Aramaicאולפן (ʾulpān)
  2. Hebrewאולפן / אֻלְפָּן (ulpán)
  3. English todayulpan

Borrowed from Hebrew אולפן / אֻלְפָּן (ulpán, “studio”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.