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prutah
noun pru·tah \prü-ˈtä\
plural pru·toth \-ˈtōt, -ˈtōth, -ˈtōs\ or pru·tot \-ˈtōt, -ˈtōs\
Definition of PRUTAH
1
: a former monetary unit of Israel equivalent to 1⁄1000 pound
2
: a coin representing one prutah
Variants of PRUTAH
pru·tah or pru·ta \prü-ˈtä\
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Origin of PRUTAH
Modern Hebrew pĕrūṭāh, from Late Hebrew, a small coin
First Known Use: 1949
Rhymes with PRUTAH
aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla
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