Hebrew

Alternative forms

• צפרה (defective)
• צפורה (partly defective)

Noun

ציפורה \ צִפּוֹרָה • ‎(tsiporá) f

1. (poetic) a bird
   • 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, To the Bird 1–2

     שָׁלוֹם רָב שׁוּבֵךְ, צִפֹּרָה נֶחְמֶדֶת, \ מֵאַרְצוֹת הַחֹם אֶל־חַלּוֹנִי –‎

     Welcome back to my window lovely bird, / On your return from the warm lands to my window –

Proper noun

ציפורה \ צִפֹּרָה • ‎(tzipora)

1. A female given name.
2. (specifically) Zipporah, the Biblical wife of Moses.

Derived terms

• צִיפִּי ‎(tzípi)