Pirke Avoth

Pirke Avoth or Pir·ke A·vot, Pir·ke A·both, Pir·ke A·bot [Sephardic Hebrew peer-ke ah-vawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew pir-key-aw-vohs] Word Origin noun Judaism.

1. a treatise of the Mishnah that comprises six chapters and consists chiefly of proverbs, aphorisms, and principles of ethics, law, and religion.

Origin of Pirke Avoth Hebrew pirqē ābhōth chapters of the fathersAlso called Ethics of the Fathers.