"gershayim" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gershayim [plural]
Etymology: From Hebrew גרשיים / גֵּרְשַׁיִם (gersháyim, “two apostrophes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|-}} Hebrew, {{he-m|גרשיים|dwv=גֵּרְשַׁיִם|t=two apostrophes|tr=gersháyim}} גרשיים / גֵּרְשַׁיִם (gersháyim, “two apostrophes”) Head templates: {{en-noun|gershayim}} gershayim (plural gershayim)
  1. (rare) The Hebrew character ״, used to indicate acronyms and other multi-letter abbreviations. Wikipedia link: gershayim Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-gershayim-en-noun-zbWjQ1Zv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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