sakanah

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Pronunciations

sakanah (sah-kah-NAH) listen
sakanah (suh-KUH-nuh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Danger.

Example Sentences

  • "Don't drive without a seatbelt on--it's a sakanah."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH סכנה sakaná > Y סכּנה sekone/sakone

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      sakona, sakoneh

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