חופה
See also: חופּה
Hebrew
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ח־פ־ה (kh-p-h) |
Etymology
editFrom the verb [script needed] (ḥāpap, “to cover, surround”), compare חיפה, חפף.
Noun
editחופה / חֻפָּה • (khupá) f (plural indefinite חופות / חֻפּוֹת)
Descendants
edit- → Dutch: choepa
- → English: chuppah
- → French: houppa
- → Spanish: jupá
- → Swedish: chuppa
- → Yiddish: חופּה (khupe)
- → Dutch: choppe
References
edit- “chuppah”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.