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qlwṭ, qlwṭˀ nom.ag. holder (?)
קלוטין דימא : whirlpool or the like
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BR 34:3(1)↗ קלו{ס}<ט>ון דימא‏ : †
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Possibly to be read as קלוטין, i.e., a pl. tant.. As shown by Amit Gvaryahu in Lesh 79 (2018):247ff., the Talmudic Hebrew equivalent of this expression refers to a special dispensation for excessive interest involved in overseas mercantile transactions, a usage probably influenced by (hardly a loanword!) the similar-sounding Latin term collocatum . One of these Semitic usages is obviously a play on the other, but which way the relationship goes is not clear.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 493aJ. Payne-Smith: 506

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