Definitions For Genizah

Noun

GENIZAH (plural s or genizot, genizoth) (Jewish law) A depository where sacred hebrew book#noun, books or other sacred items that by jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly bury, buried in a cemetery. : {{ux, en, The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896.}}

Alternative forms

geniza

Translations

Arabic: جنيزا : Egyptian Arabic: الجنيزا Armenian: գենիզա Catalan: geniza Czech: geniza Dutch: genizah Esperanto: genizo French: gueniza, f German: Geniza Hebrew: גְּנִיזָה, f Hungarian: geniza Italian: ghenizah Lombard: ghenizah Polish: geniza Portuguese: genizah Russian: гениза Serbo-Croatian: гениза Spanish: geniza Swedish: geniza Turkish: geniza Urdu: مدفن

Etymology

{{multiple images }} From {{der, en, he, גְּנִיזָה, tr=g'nizá, , archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah}} ({{glossary, plural}} גְּנִיזוֹת, tr=g'nizót), from {{der, en, peo, ganza-}}, from {{der, en, xme-old, *ganza-, , depository; treasure}}.