yeshiva是什么意思

n. 犹太初等学校；犹太高等学校

中文词源

yeshiva 授业座（正统派犹太教育机构）

来自希伯来语，坐，引申词义听讲。比较session.

yeshiva (n.): "Orthodox Jewish college or seminary," 1851, from Hebrew yesibah "academy," literally "a sitting," from yashav "to sit."