nachala
Pronunciations
nachala | (nah-khah-LAH) |
Definitions
n. The Jewish memorial observance of somebody's death. [see notes]
Example Sentences
"I cannot express how much it meant to me, when the student rabbi used the word Nachla, when reading the names of those we remember at the anniversary of their passing." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Ladino
- Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
Etymology
נַחֲלָה nakhala 'inheritance, legacy'
- Sephardim: Jews with Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
nachla, nachalah, nachlah, nakhala, nakhla, nakhalah, nakhlah, nahala, nahalah, nahla, nahlah
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