lämˈdän, ˈlämdən noun
also lam·den ˈlämdən
( plural lam·da·nim ˌlämˌdäˈnēm; lämˈdänə̇m, -dȯn-, -(ˌ)nēm)
Etymology: lamdan from Hebrew lamdān, literally, one who has learned, from lāmadh to learn; lamden from Yiddish, from Hebrew lamdān
: a man learned in Jewish law : a Talmudic scholar