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genizot

Syllables: ge·ni·zotUK/ɡɪˈniːzəʊt/US/ɡɪˈniːzoʊt/

genizot is the plural of genizah.

Meaning of genizah

Noun

genizah (plural genizahs or genizot or genizoth)

  1. (Jewish) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
    • The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896.

Questions about genizot

What is genizot the plural of?
Genizot is the plural of genizah.
How do you pronounce genizot?
Genizot is pronounced /ɡɪˈniːzəʊt/ (UK).

Words near genizot in the dictionary

  1. geniza
  2. genizah
  3. genizahs
  4. genizas
  5. genizero
  6. genizot
  7. genizoth
  8. Genk
  9. genkan
  10. genkans
  11. genki

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genizot (page history and authors); genizah (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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