prutah


pru·tah

P0628000 (pro͞o-tä′)n. pl. pru·toth or pru·tot (-tōt′) A coin formerly used in Israel, equal to one thousandth of a pound.
[Modern Hebrew pruta, from Mishnaic Hebrew pərûṭâ, a small coin, feminine passive participle of pāraṭ, to break; see prṭ in Semitic roots.]

prutah

(pruːˈtɑː) n, pl -tot, pl -toth (Currencies) a former Israeli coin of low denomination