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Tira (טירה) means castle in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

טִירָה
tira
noun · feminine
In English

castle

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ט

The dictionary gives one meaning for Tira.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    מבנה מגורים גדול, מפואר ומבוצר.
    אֵלֶּה הֵם בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל, וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמֹתָם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶם וּבְטִירֹתָם; שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם לְאֻמֹּתָם.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Tira is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
טִירָה
Written without vowel points
טירה
Said
tira
Root
ט־ו־ר
Pattern
קְטִילָה
Plural
טִירוֹת
Inflections
טִירַת־; ר' טִירוֹת
Gematria
224

This is how Tira is said in other languages.

English
castle
Arabic
قَلْعة
Spanish
burgo, castillo

These words mean nearly the same as Tira.

These words rhyme with Tira.

The word Tira comes from the root ט־ו־ר, like these words.

These words come before and after Tira in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Tira.

What does Tira (⁨טירה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Tira (⁨טירה⁩) means castle. It is said tira, with the stress on ra.

What is a synonym for Tira (⁨טירה⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Tira (⁨טירה⁩) are ⁨מצודה⁩, ⁨ארמון⁩, ⁨מבצר⁩, and ⁨פלטר⁩.

What rhymes with Tira (⁨טירה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Tira (⁨טירה⁩) include ⁨צורה⁩, ⁨תורה⁩, ⁨מטרה⁩, ⁨חברה⁩, ⁨יצירה⁩, and ⁨סירה⁩.

Is Tira (⁨טירה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Tira (⁨טירה⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨טִירוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry טירה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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