"gimel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪ.məl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-gimel.wav [US] Forms: gimels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪməl Etymology: From Hebrew גימל (gimel); ultimately from Proto-Semitic word for a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick. Doublet of gamma. Etymology templates: {{der|en|he|גימל|tr=gimel}} Hebrew גימל (gimel), {{doublet|en|gamma}} Doublet of gamma Head templates: {{en-noun}} gimel (plural gimels)
  1. The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac). Wikipedia link: Gimel (letter) Categories (topical): Hebrew letter names Translations (Semitic letter): جِيم (jīm) (Arabic), guímel [feminine] (Catalan), gimel (Finnish), guimel [masculine] (French), ghimel [masculine] (French), gimel [masculine] (French), גִּימֶל (gimel) [feminine] (Hebrew), ג [symbol] (Hebrew), ghimel [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 김멜 (gimmel) (Korean), guímel [feminine] (Spanish), جِیم (jīm) [feminine] (Urdu), گِیمَل (gīmal) (english: non-Arabic letters) [feminine] (Urdu), ج (j) [symbol] (Urdu), גימל (giml) (Yiddish)

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      "word": "ghimel"
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      "sense": "Semitic letter",
      "word": "김멜"
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      "sense": "Semitic letter",
      "tags": [
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