sedaka

Ladino

Alternative forms

• tsedaká

Etymology

From Hebrew צְדָקָה (ts'daká).

Noun

sedaka f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling צדקה)

1. charity

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “şedacá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “seđaká”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 500
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “sedaka”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 328