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tallis

tallis is the alternative form of tallit.

Meaning of tallit

Noun

tallit (plural tallits or tallitot or tallitoth or tallitim or talleysim or tallaisim)

  1. (Judaism) A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back.

Proper noun capitalized: Tallis

Tallis (plural Tallises)

  1. A surname.

Forms of tallis

Noun
pluraltallises
pluraltalleisim
pluraltallisim
pluraltallism
Proper noun
pluralTallises

Questions about tallis

What does tallis mean?
Tallis means a surname.
What is tallis the alternative form of?
Tallis is the alternative form of tallit.
What part of speech is tallis?
Tallis is a proper noun.

Words near tallis in the dictionary

  1. Tallinn
  2. Tallinner
  3. Tallinners
  4. tallipot
  5. tallipots
  6. tallis
  7. tallises
  8. tallish
  9. tallisim
  10. tallism
  11. tallit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tallis (page history and authors); Tallis (page history and authors); tallit (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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