aliyah

See also: Aliyah

English

Alternative forms

• aliya

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew עלייה \ עֲלִיָּה (aliyá, “ascent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əliːˈjɑː/ (all senses)
• IPA^(key): /əˈliːjə/ (usually only the "Torah reading" sense)

Noun

aliyah (plural aliyahs or aliyot or aliyoth or aliyos)

1. (Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
2. (uncountable) The immigration of Jews to Israel.
3. (countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

Usage notes

• The plural used for the "wave of immigration" sense is almost exclusively aliyot.

Antonyms

• (immigration from Israel): yerida

Translations

immigration of Jews into Israel

• Arabic: عَلْيَا pl (ʕalyā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿利亞／阿利亚 (Ālì yǎ)

  Mandarin: 阿利亚 (Ālì yǎ)

• French: alya (fr)
• German: Alija (de) f
• Hebrew: עלייה \ עֲלִיָּה (he) f (aliyá)
• Hungarian: alija
• Japanese: アリーヤー (arīyā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 알리야 (alliya)
• Ladino:

  Roman: aliyá f

• Polish: alija (pl) f
• Portuguese: aliyá f
• Russian: алия́ (ru) f (alijá)
• Spanish: aliyá f, aliá (es) f
• Yiddish: עליה f (aliyá)

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