gershayim

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גרשיים / גֵּרְשַׁיִם‎ (gersháyim, “two apostrophes”).

Noun

gershayim (plural gershayim)

  1. (rare) The Hebrew character ״, used to indicate acronyms and other multi-letter abbreviations.

Usage notes
  • This is a different character than the Latin double-quote ".
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