Gaon

== English == === Etymology === From Hebrew גָּאוֹן (ga'ón, “grandeur, majesty, genius”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/, /ɡɑːˈ(ʔ)oʊn/ IPA(key): /ɡɔɪn/, [ɡɔʏn], [ɡœʏn] (Ashkenazi) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪɑn/, /ˈɡeɪən/ (Anglicized) === Noun === Gaon (plural Gaonim or Geonim or Gaons) (historical, Judaism) A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia 1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy [1] The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses. 1996, Roger Friedland, Richard Hecht, To Rule Jerusalem [2] Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon. 1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine [3] The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received from Ḥasan as-ʻĀqūlī (al-ʻĀqūla, the ancient Aramaic name for Kūfa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the Gaon knew.. ==== Derived terms ==== gaonate === Anagrams === Gano, Goan, Nago, Noga, agon, goan