Ezira

Tumbuka

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā).

Proper noun

Ezira

  1. Ezra
    2. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
    4. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
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