chatuna

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Pronunciations

chatuna (chah-too-NAH) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Wedding.

Example Sentences

  • "Zev and Elisheva's khasene is on Sunday."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH חתונה khatuná (Ashkenazi: khasúne) > Y חתונה khásene

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • 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

      chassunah, hasuna, chassuna, chasunah, chasuna, chasanah, khasene, chatunah, chasene, chaseneh, khasene, khaseneh, khasoneh, khasone, chasoneh, chasone

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