English
Nazir
Nazir comes from Hebrew נָזִיר ‘Nazarite’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentנָזִירnāzīr‘Nazarite’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Nazir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentנָזִירnāzīr‘Nazarite’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Nazir
Earliest quotation: 2007, Jacob Neusner, A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women: “Lo, I am a Nazir if all of you…”
Every English word from Hebrew נָזִיר
Today it means
name A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew נָזִיר / Nazir