dintojra
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish דין־תּורה (din-toyre), from Hebrew דִּין תּוֹרָה (din torá, “Torah law”), from תּוֹרָה (torá, “Torah, instruction, teaching”) and דִּין (din, “law”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dintojra f
- (Judaism, law) a rabbinical court that resolves civil disputes between Jews
- (Warsaw, colloquial) kangaroo court
- 1933, Karol Irzykowski, Benjaminek[1]:
- Dintojra literacka w Ziemiańskiej to żadna kuźnia myśli, tylko giełda rang, targowisko próżności.
- The literary dintojra in Ziemiańska is not a forge of ideas, but an exchange of ranks, a marketplace of vanities.
Declension
[edit]Declension of dintojra
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