Etymology

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Today it means: An Ashkenazi memorial prayer service for the dead. Full definition →

Hebrew יִזְכּוֹר
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromיִזְכּוֹר
  2. English todayyizkor

From Hebrew יִזְכּוֹר (literally “may [God] remember”), from the opening word of the service.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.