sakanah
Pronunciations
Definitions
n. Danger.
Example Sentences
"Don't drive without a seatbelt on--it's a sakanah."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
סכנה
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
sakona, sakoneh
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