"challah" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɑːlə/, /ˈhʌlə/ Forms: challahs [plural], challos [plural], challot [plural], challoth [plural]
Etymology: From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale). Etymology templates: {{der|en|he|חַלָּה|t=loaf|tr=ḥallá}} Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), {{der|en|yi|חלה|tr=khale}} Yiddish חלה (khale) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|challos|challot|challoth}} challah (countable and uncountable, plural challahs or challos or challot or challoth)
  1. (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Breads Translations (traditional braided bread): 辮包 (Chinese Cantonese), 辫包 (bin¹ baau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 辮子麵包 (Chinese Mandarin), 辫子面包 (biànzi miànbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 辮子包 (Chinese Mandarin), 辫子包 (biànzi bāo) (Chinese Mandarin), challe [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), challa [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), challah (Finnish), hallah [feminine] (French), challah [feminine] (French), Challa [feminine] (German), חַלָּה [feminine] (Hebrew), barhesz (Hungarian), halá [feminine] (Ladino), chałka [feminine] (Polish), ха́ла (xála) [feminine] (Russian), jalá [feminine] (Spanish), barkis [common-gender] (Swedish), bergis [common-gender] (Swedish), חלה (khale) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-challah-en-noun-NnpcgxO7 Disambiguation of Breads: 50 32 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 34 26 Disambiguation of 'traditional braided bread': 79 15 6
  2. (uncountable) The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-challah-en-noun-kpxtLFuY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 34 26
  3. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-challah-en-noun-HhcO8VQY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 34 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: challa, chalah, hallah, chaleh

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    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khale",
      "sense": "traditional braided bread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חלה"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "challah"
  ],
  "word": "challah"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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