nachala

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Pronunciations

nachala (nah-khah-LAH)

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Definitions

  • n. (nachala) The anniversary of a person's death, generally marked by relatives in some way.

  • n. (nahala) Ear.

  • interj. (nahala) By extension, 'Listen up!'

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)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Ladino
  • Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
  • Lishan Didan
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Etymology

  • TH נַחֲלָה nakhala 'inheritance, legacy' > L/A


    LD נחלא 'ear'

      • Who Uses This

      • Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran
      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      nachla, nachalah, nachlah, nakhala, nakhla, nakhalah, nakhlah, nahala, nahalah, nahla, nahlah

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