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taharah

taharah noun: a state of ritual purity.

Noun (1)

taharah (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) A state of ritual purity.
    Antonyms:
    tumah
  2. (Judaism) The ritual of cleaning a dead body before burial.

Noun (2)

taharah (uncountable)

  1. A state of ritual purity.

Antonyms of taharah

Forms of taharah

alternative formtohorah
alternative formtahaarah

Origin of taharah

Borrowed from Hebrew טָהֳרָה (tahará).

Borrowed from Arabic طَهَارَة (ṭahāra).

Questions about taharah

What does taharah mean?
Taharah means a state of ritual purity.
What part of speech is taharah?
Taharah is a noun.

Words near taharah in the dictionary

  1. tahan
  2. tahanun
  3. Tahara
  4. Tahara Bridge
  5. Tahara West
  6. taharah
  7. taharas hamishpacha
  8. taharat hamishpacha
  9. tahari
  10. taharrush
  11. tahas

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