bar mitzvah
UK/ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/
bar mitzvah noun: a Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
Noun
bar mitzvah (plural bar mitzvahs or b'nai mitzvah)
- A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
- A boy who has come of age.
Verb
bar mitzvah (third-person singular simple present bar mitzvahs, present participle bar mitzvahing, simple past and past participle bar mitzvahed)
- To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.
- He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.
bar mitzvah meaning in Malayalam
bar mitzvah in Malayalam
- bar mitzvah
- മിനിയാൻകൂട്ടല് miniyāṉkūṭṭalŭ
Forms of bar mitzvah
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bar mitzvahs |
| plural | b'nai mitzvah |
| alternative form | bar-mitzvah |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bar mitzvahs |
| present participle | bar mitzvahing |
| past participle | bar mitzvahed |
| past | bar mitzvahed |
Origin of bar mitzvah
From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).
Words formed from bar mitzvah
Questions about bar mitzvah
- What does bar mitzvah mean?
- Bar mitzvah means a Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
- What is bar mitzvah in Malayalam?
- Bar mitzvah in Malayalam is മിനിയാൻകൂട്ടല് (miniyāṉkūṭṭalŭ). See Bar mitzvah meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is bar mitzvah?
- Bar mitzvah can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bar mitzvah?
- Bar mitzvah is pronounced /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bar mitzvah?
- The plural of bar mitzvah is bar mitzvahs.
Words near bar mitzvah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bar mitzvah (page history and authors); മിനിയാൻകൂട്ടല് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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