chanukiah

Pronunciations

chanukiah	(chah-noo-KEY-yah)
chanukiah	(chah-noo-key-YAH)
hanukiah	(hah-noo-KEY-yuh)

Definitions

• n. Nine-branched menorah / candelabrum used on Chanukah.
  

Example Sentences

• On the first night of Chanukah, you put one candle on the right side of your Chanukiah
  

Languages of Origin

• Modern Hebrew
• Ladino

Etymology

• Modern Hebrew חנוכייה, originally from Ladino hanukía
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

chanukia, chanukiyah, hanukiah, hanukia