English

Noun

shul ‎(plural shuls)

1. The synagogue.
   • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 146:

     That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.

Anagrams

• lush

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *kśul(V)n-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ξύλον ‎(xúlon, “timber, beam”)^[1]. Other possible cognates are Thracian sula ‎(“groove”), Ancient Greek (Attic) ὕλη ‎(húlē, “forest, groove”), or Germanic *sūlō, *sūliz pillar (cf. Old Norse súl, Old Saxon sūl).

Noun

shul m (indefinite plural shule, definite singular shuli, definite plural shulet)

1. poles, bolt, cross-bar, yoke, lath
2. mast

Related terms

• shilor

Etymology 2

From sh- +ul.

Adverb

shul

1. one-sided, crooked

Related terms

• ul

References

1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.361

Spanish

Etymology

From Yiddish שול ‎(shul).

Noun

shul m ‎(plural shules)

1. (Judaism) shul, synagogue