sadhe

or tsa·de

[ sah-dee, -duh, tsah-dee ]

noun
  1. the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

Origin of sadhe

1
First recorded in 1895–1900, sadhe is from the Hebrew word ṣādhē
  • Also sa·di, tsa·di .

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British Dictionary definitions for sadhe

sadhe

sade or tsade

/ (ˈsɑːdiː, ˈtsɑːdiː, Hebrew ˈtsadiː) /


noun
  1. the 18th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (צ or, at the end of a word ץ), transliterated as s or ts and pronounced more or less like English s or ts with pharyngeal articulation

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