Variant: or pru · ta
Pronunciation: prü- ' tä
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pru · toth \ - ' t ō t, - ' t ō th, - ' t ō s \ or pru · tot \ - ' t ō t, - ' t ō s \
Etymology: Modern Hebrew p ĕ r ū ṭ ā h, from Late Hebrew, a small coin
Date: 1949
1 : a former monetary unit of Israel equivalent to 1/1000 pound
2 : a coin representing one prutah