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ma⋅zal tov

  [mah-zuhl tawv, tawf, tohv] .
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ma⋅zel tov

  [mah-zuhl tawv, tawf, tohv]
–noun
an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews on an occasion of success or good fortune.
Also, mazal tov.

Origin:
1860–65; < Yiddish mazltov < Heb mazzāl tōbh lit., good luck
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ma·zal tov   (mä'zəl tôf', tôv', tōv')   
interj.  Variant of mazel tov.
ma·zel tov also ma·zal tov   (mä'zəl tôf', tôv', tōv')   
interj.  Used to express congratulations or best wishes.

[Mishnaic Hebrew mazzāl ṭôb, good luck : mazzāl, constellation, destiny (ultimately from Akkadian manzaltu, mazzaztum, position of a star, from izuzzu, to stand; see ḏwḏ1 in Semitic roots) + ṭôb, good; see ṭyb in Semitic roots.]
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Word Origin & History

mazel tov 
1862, from mod. Heb. mazzal tob "good luck," from Heb. mazzaloth (pl.) "constellations."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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