Mazuma Definition

Origin of Mazuma

• Yiddish mazume, mezumen cash from Medieval Hebrew məzummān fixed currency from Mishnaic Hebrew fixed passive participle of zimmēn to arrange, invite from Hebrew zəmān appointed time from Aramaic zəmān, zəman from Akkadian simānu season, time from wasāmu, asāmu to be fitting wsm in Semitic roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Yiddish מזומן (mezumen, “cash"), from Hebrew מְזוּמָּן (m'zumán, “prepared, ready; cash"), passive present participle of זִימֵּן (zimén, “to prepare, appoint").

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