CHUMASH

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Chumash (countable and uncountable, plural Chumashim or Chumashes)

(Judaism) Any book of the Pentateuch.

The Pentateuch collectively.

Etymology 2

Noun

Chumash (plural Chumashes or Chumash)

A member of a particular Native American tribe of southern California.

Proper noun

Chumash

The language of this tribe.

Source: Wiktionary



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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