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prutah

[ proo-tah ]

noun

, plural pru·toth, pru·tot [proo-, tawt].
  1. a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prutah1

1945–50; < Modern Hebrew pruta, post-Biblical Hebrew pərūṭāh a small coin

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