prutah

pru·tah

noun \prü-ˈtä\

plural pru·toth \-ˈtōt, -ˈtōth, -ˈtōs\ or pru·tot \-ˈtōt, -ˈtōs\

Definition of PRUTAH

1

: a former monetary unit of Israel equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ pound

2

: a coin representing one prutah

Variants of PRUTAH

pru·tah or pru·ta \prü-ˈtä\

Origin of PRUTAH

Modern Hebrew pĕrūṭāh, from Late Hebrew, a small coin

First Known Use: 1949

Rhymes with PRUTAH

aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla