Tora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tora"

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈraː/

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• Hyphenation: To‧ra
• Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

Tora f

1. (Judaism) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)

   Synonym: Pentateuch

Holonyms

• Tenach

Ladino

Alternative forms

• Torá

Proper noun

Tora f (Hebrew spelling תורה)

1. (Abrahamism) Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses)

   Synonym: Pentateuk

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], volumes 26–28, page 40:

     El publiko al kual eran destinados los livros “Hinuh la’noar”, “Maase Hoshev” i “Leshon Limudim” era el de los ninyos ke studiavan en las eskolas de Talmud de Tora i de l’Alliance.

     The audience to whom the books ‘Hinuh la’noar’, ‘Maase Hoshev’, and ‘Leshon Limudim’ were addressed was the children who were studying in the Talmud, Torah, and l’Alliance schools.

2. Torah (Jewish law)
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[2], Editions Vidas Largas, page 60:

     Era kaje syempre paezajes, la reproduksyon de las formas umanas estando defendidas por la Tora para no enkorajar el pekado de idolatria.

     It was almost always landscapes, the reproduction of human forms being prohibited by the Torah so as to not encourage the sin of idolatry.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Þóra, a female form of Þórr, or a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Tóra and Icelandic Þóra.

Proper noun

Tora f

1. a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Tore

Related terms

• Tor

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988), Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 363

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

1. (Judaism) Torah (Five Books of Moses)

   Synonyms: Pentateuch, Pięcioksiąg

2. Torah (full body of Jewish law)
3. Torah (whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten)

Declension

Declension of Tora

	singular
nominative	Tora
genitive	Tory
dative	Torze
accusative	Torę
instrumental	Torą
locative	Torze
vocative	Toro

Further reading

• “Tora”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Tora”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• “Tora”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: To‧ra

Proper noun

Tora f

1. alternative form of Torá

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Torah

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Proper noun

Tora c

1. (Judaism) Torah

Usage notes

Sometimes in the definite Toran.

Declension

Declension of Tora

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	Tora	Toras
	definite	Toran	Torans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• tora (“a Torah”)

See also

• jude (“Jew”)
• judendom (“Judaism”)
• rabbin (“rabbi”)
• synagoga (“synagogue”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse.

Proper noun

Tora c (genitive Toras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thora, short for names beginning with Tor-

Related terms

• Tor
• Thyra, Tyra, Tove

References

• “tora”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• roat