aliyah

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
 * 2)  The immigration of Jews to Israel.
 * 3)  One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

Usage notes

 * The plural used for the "wave of immigration" sense is almost exclusively.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَلْيَا
 * Catalan: aliyà
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: 阿利亞
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: アリーヤー
 * Korean: 알리야
 * Ladino:
 * Roman: aliyá
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: aliyá
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: aliyá,
 * Yiddish: עליה

Verb

 * 1)  To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.

Translations

 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: alijázik, aliázik