| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| mazel tov |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ma·zel tov |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  mä z l tôf , tôv, t v |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ma·zal tov |
| INTERJECTION: | Used to express congratulations or best wishes. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Mishnaic Hebrew mazz l  ôb, good luck : mazzl, constellation, destiny (ultimately from Akkadian manzaltu, mazzaztum, position of a star, from izuzzu, to stand; see  w1 in Appendix II) + ôb, good; see yb in Appendix II.
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