How to pronounce Tzeitel?

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Pronunciation of Tzeitel in Sunnyvale, California, US

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It is pronounced as 'recital' with out the 're'. 'tz' is an s sound in hebrew.

SCI-tul
SCI - as in 'sigh' or 'SCI-FI'
tul - rhymes with 'null'




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Pronunciation of Tzeitel in Bangalore, Karnataka, India (but this is not an Indian name)

Tzeitel is pronounced as

t ZY T uh L

t sounds like the 't' in 'to'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'


Tzeitel is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ t ZY T uh L ]

t T uh L
to to up let

Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Yiddish (Eastern European form of Hebrew)

Gender:

Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Sarah, Sara, Sarita, Sárika, Sári, Sára, Zara etc.

Meaning:

Princess or Noble Lady (Yiddish form of the Biblical Name Sarah)

Additional Information:

Tzeitel is a Yiddish (Eastern European Hebrew language) variant of the Biblical Sarah meaning Princess or Noble Lady.

Made popular by the Musical "Fiddler on the Roof".

It is the name of the eldest daughter of Reb Tevye the milkman. Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof#Principal_characters


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Pronunciation of Tzeitel

2 ways:

ZEEtul
ZIYtol


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Pronunciation of Tzeitel in Bangalore, Karnataka, India (but this is not an Indian name)

tZy-tle, with the 'y' in syllable 'tZy' making the same sound as it does in the word 'sky' (tZy rhymes with sky) and the 'tle' like in the word turtle.

The initial letter 'T' is very subtle like in the word tsunami.


Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Yiddish (Eastern European form of Hebrew)

Gender:

Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Sarah, Sara, Sarita, Sárika, Sári, Sára, Zara etc.

Meaning:

Princess or Noble Lady (Yiddish form of the Biblical Name Sarah)

Additional Information:

Tzeitel is a Yiddish (Eastern European Hebrew language) variant of the Biblical Sarah meaning Princess or Noble Lady.

Made popular by the Musical "Fiddler on the Roof".

It is the name of the eldest daughter of Reb Tevye the milkman. Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof#Principal_characters


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Pronunciation of Tzeitel

Zy - TILL


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