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paytan

paytan noun: the writer of a piyyut.

Noun

paytan (plural paytans or paytanim)

  1. The writer of a piyyut.
    • The Oriental rabbis who settled in Germany, coming via Italy and France, were also precentors, chazzanim, and paytanim (poets).1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 134

Forms of paytan

pluralpaytans
pluralpaytanim
alternative formpayetan
alternative formpayyetan

Origin of paytan

Borrowed from Hebrew פַּיְטָן (paytán).

Questions about paytan

What does paytan mean?
Paytan means the writer of a piyyut.
What part of speech is paytan?
Paytan is a noun.
What is the plural of paytan?
The plural of paytan is paytans.

Words near paytan in the dictionary

  1. payt
  2. payt.
  3. paytable
  4. paytables
  5. Paytakaran
  6. paytan
  7. paytanic
  8. paytanim
  9. paytans
  10. Paytas
  11. Paytases

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