bedavka

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Definitions

  • adv. Deliberately, intentionally.

Example Sentences

  • “He bedavka goes to the same run-down bungalow colony just to assure the owner's parnasa." (Weiser)

  • "I don’t like the ideology that holds that this should be, bedavka, the mahalach for the tzibur." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Aramaic

Etymology

  • בדווקא

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      be'davka, b'davka, bedavkah, be'davkah, b'davkah

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