Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
- /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪʃ nə; Sephardic Hebrew miʃˈnɑ/
- /mɪshnˈɑː/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
- /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪʃ nə; Sephardic Hebrew miʃˈnɑ/
Definitions of mishnah word
- noun plural mishnah the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud. 1
- noun plural mishnah an article or section of this collection. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of mishnah
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10, Mishnah is from the Medieval Hebrew word mishnāh literally, teaching by oral repetition
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mishnah
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mishnah popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
mishnah usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with mishnah
- what is the mishnah?
- what is mishnah?
- what is mishnah and talmud?
- what is a mishnah?
- what is the mishnah and talmud?
- what does mishnah mean?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with m
- Words starting with mi
- Words starting with mis
- Words starting with mish
- Words starting with mishn
- Words starting with mishna
- Words starting with mishnah