yodh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hebrew יו״ד, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (hand).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Doublet of iota and yod.

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Noun

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yodh (plural yodhs)

  1. The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  2. A tool used to read a Torah.

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