טקס
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- טֶכֶס (see usage notes)
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ט־ק־ס (ṭ-q-s) |
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in 1896 based on Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis) and Arabic طَقْس (ṭaqs) published in his daily newspaper, HaTzvi.
Usage notes
- Some use/prefer the spelling טֵכֶס (tekhes), which was common in Mishnaic Hebrew, but nowadays the Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends טֶקֶס (tekes),[1] and it is far more common.[2]
See also
- פולחן / פֻּלְחָן m (pulkhan)
References
- The Academy of the Hebrew Language (2011-03-15), “טקס או טכס?”, in (please provide the title of the work) (in Hebrew), retrieved 2016-10-26
- טכס, טקס at Google Ngram Viewer
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