Mazel Tov Definition

mäzəl tôf, mäzəltōv
interjection
Congratulations; good luck.
Webster's New World

Origin of Mazel Tov

  • Mishnaic Hebrew mazzāl ṭôb good luck mazzāl constellation, destiny (ultimately from Akkadian manzaltu, mazzaztum position of a star) (from izuzzu to stand ḏwḏ1 in Semitic roots) ṭôb good ṭyb in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Yiddish מזל־טובֿ (mazl tov), from Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “star, constellation; fate, luck”), from Akkadian (manzaltu [UD.DA]) + Hebrew טוֹב (ṭôḇ, “good”); literally "good stars/luck".

    From Wiktionary

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