zenut

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Definitions

  • n. Sexual immorality, prostitution.

Example Sentences

  • "He says that a mamzer is most likely that way because in a previous gilgul he commited znus and produced a mamzer and a blind person is that way because he looked at tons of znus in a previous gilgul." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH זנות zenut > Y זנות znus

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      znut, zenus, znus

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