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moshav

/moʊˈʃɑːv/

moshav noun: an Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.

Noun

moshav (plural moshavs or moshavim)

  1. An Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.

moshav meaning in Persian

moshav in Persian

Israeli cooperative agricultural community
موشاو mo'shâv

Forms of moshav

pluralmoshavs
pluralmoshavim

Origin of moshav

Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹשָׁב (mosháv, “village”, literally “settlement”).

Questions about moshav

What does moshav mean?
Moshav means an Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.
What is moshav in Persian?
Moshav in Persian is موشاو (mo'shâv). See Moshav meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is moshav?
Moshav is a noun.
How do you pronounce moshav?
Moshav is pronounced /moʊˈʃɑːv/.
What is the plural of moshav?
The plural of moshav is moshavs.

Words near moshav in the dictionary

  1. mosh circle
  2. mosh circles
  3. mosh pit
  4. mosh pits
  5. moshable
  6. moshav
  7. moshav shitufi
  8. moshava
  9. moshavas
  10. moshavim
  11. moshavnik

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