"nikud" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew ניקוד / נִקּוּד (nikúd, niqqūd, “dotting, endotment”). Etymology templates: {{translit|en|he|-}} Transliteration of Hebrew, {{he-m|ניקוד|dwv=נִקּוּד|t=dotting, endotment|tr=nikúd, niqqūd}} ניקוד / נִקּוּד (nikúd, niqqūd, “dotting, endotment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nikud (uncountable)
  1. The system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: niqqud, nikkud Translations (system of diacritics for Hebrew): نِيقُود (nīqūd) [masculine] (Arabic), نِيقُود (niqud) [masculine] (Arabic), nikkud (Finnish), nikkudot [masculine] (French), Nikud [neuter] (German), נִקּוּד (Hebrew), ניקוד (nikúd) [masculine] (Hebrew), נְקֻדּוֹת (Hebrew), נקודות (nekudót) (alt: i.e., the plural of נְקֻדָּה / נקודה f sg (nekudá)) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), nikud [masculine] (Italian), ニクダー (nikudā) (Japanese), нику́д (nikúd) [masculine] (Russian), некудо́т (nekudót) [masculine] (Russian), огласо́вка (oglasóvka) (note: for Hebrew, Yiddish) [Arabic, feminine] (Russian), nikúd [masculine] (Spanish), ניקוד (niked) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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