טקס

Hebrew

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.

טֶקֶס • (tékes) m (plural indefinite טְקָסִים, plural construct טִקְסֵי־)

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]

The Academy of the Hebrew Language (2011 March 15) “טקס או טכס?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Hebrew), retrieved 2016-10-26
טכס, טקס at Google Ngram Viewer

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