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pru⋅tah

  [proo-tah]
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–noun, plural -toth, -tot  [-tawt] .
a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
Origin:
1945–50; < ModHeb pruta, post-Biblical Heb pərūṭāh a small coin
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pru·tah   (prōō-tä')   
n.   pl. pru·toth or pru·tot (-tōt')
A coin formerly used in Israel, equal to one thousandth of a pound.

[Modern Hebrew pruta, from Mishnaic Hebrew pərûṭâ, a small coin, feminine passive participle of pāraṭ, to break; see prṭ in Semitic roots.]
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