Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. Grandmother.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Aramaic
• Modern Hebrew
• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• MH סָבְתָא⁩ sávta
  

Who Uses This

• Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

Regions

• North America
• South Africa
• Australia / New Zealand

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

Alternative Spellings

safta, savtah