List of Hebrew words of Persian origin (original) (raw)

List of Hebrew words of Persian origin will contain the words loaned from Persian language to the Hebrew language. As the Jews lived as an exiled and homecoming population for almost 2 centuries under the Persian Empire, many of them borrowed words spoken within the empire and these words stayed with Hebrew for the generations to come and helped shaping Hebrew's set of vocabulary for terms the Israelites weren't familiar with prior to living and interacting with Persians. The name of the Persian monarch who let the Jews Return to Zion, Cyrus the Great, is a character beloved by the Jews for his part in their history.