hachnosas kallah
Pronunciations
hachnosas kallah | (hach-NO-sas KOH-lah) | listen |
Definitions
n. Charitable support for poor young women to get married.
Example Sentences
"Good evening. I've come for hachnasat kala for girls in Israel." (Glinert, The Joys of Hebrew)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
Hebrew הכנסת כלה "marrying off the bride", lit. "the bride entering"
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations
- North America
- South Africa
- Israel
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Who Uses This
Regions
Dictionaries
Alternative Spellings
hachnasat kala, hachnasas kallah, hachnasat kallah, hakhnoses kale
Notes
Stress on last syllables in Modern Hebrew: hachnaSAT kaLA. On penultimate in Ashkenazi/Yiddish pronunciation, with a different vowel: hachNOsas KAla
Edit Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.