sakanah

Pronunciations

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

Definitions

• n. Danger.
  

Example Sentences

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

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• סכנה
  

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

sakona, sakoneh