galut

• galus, galuth

Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלוּת (“exile”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈluːt/

galut (plural galuts)

1. The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 391:

     At times we sense a heavy cloud of melancholy settling upon the spiirit, as a result of century-long suffering under the pressure of the Golus.

   • 1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page viii:

     Our forefathers, who fell away from serving the Almighty properly, caused its destruction and incurred the curse of galus.

From Hebrew גלות (galút).

galút m (Hebrew spelling גלות)

1. the Jewish Diaspora

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “galut”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “galút”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 220
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “galut”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 185