prutah
[ proo-tah ]
/ pruˈtɑ /
noun, plural pru·toth, pru·tot [proo-tawt] /pruˈtɔt/.
a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
Origin of prutah
1945–50; < Modern Hebrew
pruta, post-Biblical Hebrew
pərūṭāh a small coin