Definitions
n. A hand.
n. The shape of a hand, which masapan is traditionally fashioned into for engagement celebrations.
Example Sentences
"For engagements, we make a mano (hand) fashioned out of masapan, with
silver dragées across the ring finger." (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)
Languages of Origin
- Ladino
Etymology
mano
- Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
manno
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