Tora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tora"

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈraː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: To‧ra
• Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

Tora f

1. (Judaism) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)

   Synonym: Pentateuch

Holonyms

• Tenach

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Þóra, a female form of Þórr, or a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Tóra and Icelandic Þóra.

Proper noun

Tora f

1. a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Tore

Related terms

• Tor

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 363

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

1. (Judaism) Torah (Five Books of Moses)

   Synonyms: Pentateuch, Pięcioksiąg

2. Torah (full body of Jewish law)
3. Torah (whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten)

Declension

Declension of Tora

	singular
nominative	Tora
genitive	Tory
dative	Torze
accusative	Torę
instrumental	Torą
locative	Torze
vocative	Toro

Further reading

• Tora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Tora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Tora”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

1. Alternative form of Torá

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Torah

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Proper noun

Tora c

1. (Judaism) Torah

Usage notes

Sometimes in the definite Toran.

Declension

Declension of Tora

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	Tora	Toras
	definite	Toran	Torans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• tora (“a Torah”)

See also

• jude (“Jew”)
• judendom (“Judaism”)
• rabbin (“rabbi”)
• synagoga (“synagogue”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse.

Proper noun

Tora c (genitive Toras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thora, short for names beginning with Tor-

Related terms

• Tor
• Thyra, Tyra, Tove

References

• tora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• roat