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mazel

mazel

2 9.8
Good luck that people say as a wish or blessing
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑːzəl/
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  • Nick Kroll, it's me, Rabbi Michael Paley, the family rabbi, and mazel tov for being on the Burger show.
  • mazel tov

Nick Kroll, it's me, Rabbi Michael Paley, the family rabbi, and mazel tov for being on the Burger show.

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Examples

  • From my family to yours, mazel tov!

  • Mazel tov, Fanny, darling, mazel tov.

  • And mazel for your wedding.

  • From my family to yours, mazel tov.

  • Or maybe you're the one getting married, in which case, mazel tov!

    Blog text (31)
  • Joshua Partner, you've had the mazel to find a wonderful girl like Addie.

  • Everyone says mazel tov.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We're here today to wish you a hearty mazel tov, and to say that we can see that you've been blessed from on high.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • All right, well... mazel tov to the new couple.

  • We're here today to wish you a hearty mazel tov, and to say that we can see that you've been blessed from on high.

Synonyms

good luck
vsmazel
547 1.0

A fortunate event that happens by chance

is mainly said as a wish or blessing rather than a neutral statement
fortune
vsmazel
235 3.1

Good or bad luck that happens by chance

is normally offered as a blessing rather than an abstract force
good fortune
vsmazel
66 2.5

A lucky event or success that happens by chance

is used as a spoken blessing or wish instead of a description

How Lucky

godsend
28 4.9
mazel
2 9.8
to fortune
1 8.1
blessing
269 1.4
luck
1.0

Surface Forms

mazel singular
mazels plural

Etymology

Mazel also came to mean 'luck' in Hebrew and Yiddish and shows up in the phrase mazal tov, which means 'good luck'. That's why people use mazel as a blessing or wish for good fortune.