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dayans

dayans is the plural of dayan.

Meaning of dayan

Noun

dayan (plural dayans or dayanim)

  1. A rabbinic judge.
    • A medieval hymn composed by the Dayyan ("Judge") Daniel b. Yehudah of fourteenth-century Rome, recited in the daily morning Preliminary Service, and by some, at the close of the Arvit and Musaf services on Shabbat and festivals.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 375

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Proper noun capitalized: Dayans

Dayans

  1. (plural) plural of Dayan

Questions about dayans

What is dayans the plural of?
Dayans is the plural of dayan.
What part of speech is dayans?
Dayans is a proper noun.

Words near dayans in the dictionary

  1. Dayaks
  2. Dayal
  3. Dayals
  4. dayan
  5. dayanim
  6. dayans
  7. Dayao
  8. Dayap
  9. Dayapan
  10. dayas
  11. dayawism

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