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yodh

/jɒd/

yodh noun: the tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Noun

yodh (plural yodhs)

  1. The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  2. A tool used to read a Torah.

yodh meaning in Bengali

yodh in Bengali

আরামীয়, হিব্রু, সিরীয়

Forms of yodh

pluralyodhs
alternative formjod
alternative formjodh
alternative formyod
alternative formyud

Origin of yodh

Borrowed from Hebrew יו״ד (yo"d, “name of the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”). That letter is used also in other Semitic alphabets; it represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/. Doublet of iota, jot, and yod.

Words that rhyme with yodh

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Questions about yodh

What does yodh mean?
Yodh means the tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
What is yodh in Bengali?
Yodh in Bengali is আরামীয়, হিব্রু, সিরীয়. See Yodh meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is yodh?
Yodh is a noun.
How do you pronounce yodh?
Yodh is pronounced /jɒd/.
What is the plural of yodh?
The plural of yodh is yodhs.

Words near yodh in the dictionary

  1. yodels in the canyon
  2. yodels up the valley
  3. Yoder
  4. yoderite
  5. Yoders
  6. yodh
  7. yodhs
  8. yodization
  9. yodizations
  10. yodle
  11. yodled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yodh (page history and authors); yodh (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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