assur

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adjective

forbidden

UncommonScrabble 5

Meanings

assur1

adjectiveassur (not comparable)

alternative asur

  1. Jewishnot comparablelawforbidden

    After chatzos it is assur to daven shacharis.

    2011 February 23, Philogos, “How To Understand Yeshivish”, in The Forward
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    Wool which has been shorn from it or which has fallen off it is assur (prohibited for any beneficial use) and if it becomes mixed with other wool the whole becomes assur (Y.D. 308).

    1968, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Horeb: A Philosophy of Jewish Laws and Observances

    In their commentary, the Tosafot conclude that it is assur to inflict a wound in one's body (chovel be'atzmo) even if he benefits from it.

    2006, Rabbi Alfred S. Cohen, editor, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, numbers 51–56

Assur2

proper noun

alternative Aššur

  1. One of the ancient capitals of Assyria, in modern Iraq.
  2. The chief deity of that city (see Ashur).

Origin

assur · adjective

  1. Hebrewאָסוּר
  2. Englishassur

From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).

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Assur · proper noun

  1. Akkadian𒀸𒋩𒆠“Assur”
  2. EnglishAssur

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”).

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Translations

Hindi अश्शूर
  • अश्शूर (aśśūr)capital
Irish Aisiúr
  • Aisiúrcapital
Persian آشور
  • آشور (âšur)capital
Polish Aszur, Aszur
  • Aszurcapital
  • Aszurdeity
Portuguese Assur, Ashur
  • Assurcapital
  • Ashurcapital
Russian А́шшур, А́ссур
  • А́шшур (Áššur)capital
  • А́ссур (Ássur)capital
  • А́шшур (Áššur)deity
  • А́ссур (Ássur)deity
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APA

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Chicago

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