shul

English

Etymology

From Yiddish שול (shul, “shul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃuːl/, /ʃʊl/

Noun

shul (plural shuls)

1. The synagogue.
   • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 146:

     That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.

Anagrams

• lush

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kśul(V)n, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ξύλον (ksílon, “timber, beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃul/

Noun

shul

1. poles
2. bolt
3. cross-bar
4. yoke
5. lath

Synonyms

• shilor