English
maamar
Maamar comes from Hebrew מַאֲמָר ‘statement’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentמַאֲמָרma'amár‘statement’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024maamar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentמַאֲמָרma'amár‘statement’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024maamar
Earliest quotation: 2024, David Golinkin, The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony: “The classic Talmudic Bar Mitzvah speech in the 17ᵗʰ…”
Every English word from Hebrew מַאֲמָר
Today it means
noun A lecture, dissertation, discourse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew מַאֲמָר / maamar