dintojra

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish דין־תּורה (din-toyre), from Hebrew דִּיןתּוֹרָה (dintorá, “Torah law”), from תּוֹרָה (torá, “Torah, instruction, teaching”) and דִּין (din, “law”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dinˈtɔj.ra/
Rhymes: -ɔjra
Syllabification: din‧toj‧ra

Noun

dintojra f

(Judaism, law) a rabbinical court that resolves civil disputes between Jews
(Warsaw, colloquial) kangaroo court
- 1933, Karol Irzykowski, Benjaminek‎:
  Dintojra literacka w Ziemiańskiej to żadna kuźnia myśli, tylko giełda rang, targowisko próżności.
  The literary dintojra in Ziemiańska is not a forge of ideas, but an exchange of ranks, a marketplace of vanities.

Declension

Declension of dintojra

	singular	plural
nominative	dintojra	dintojry
genitive	dintojry	dintojr
dative	dintojrze	dintojrom
accusative	dintojrę	dintojry
instrumental	dintojrą	dintojrami
locative	dintojrze	dintojrach
vocative	dintojro	dintojry