Mori#Aramaic title of honor

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Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India.

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Italian surname

Japanese surname

Mori (written: {{Nihongo2|森}} lit. "forest", {{IPA|ja|moɾi|}}) is the 24th most common Japanese surname.{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|access-date=2019-09-27}} Mōri (written: {{Nihongo2|毛利}}, {{IPA|ja|moːɾi|}}) is a separate surname that may be transliterated the same way.

==Aramaic title of honor==

  • Mori, a word used extensively by Yemenite Jews designating a "rabbi", taken from the Judeo-Aramaic word, {{Script/Hebrew|מר}} (mor), meaning "master" or "lord".Shelomo Dov Goitein, The Yemenites - History, Communal Organization, Spiritual Life, Jerusalem 1983, pp. 212;256; 278 ({{ISBN|965-235-011-7}}). Goitein, citing Amram Qorah, says that the title was strictly reserved unto those who had procured a license in the ritual slaughter of domesticated animals. Mori, literally meaning, "my master," or "my lord".

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