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chała.

challah (traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈxa.wa/[ˈxa.wa][ˈxa.wa]
  1. challah (traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Yiddish חלה (khale).

noun/ˈxa.wa/[ˈxa.wa][ˈxa.wa]
  1. dreck, dross, rubbish (something worthless or of poor quality, especially literature, movies, theatre, etc.)

    colloquial · derogatory · feminine
  2. overgarment or dress

    dialectal · feminine
  3. rags (substandard clothing)

    dialectal · feminine
  4. synonym of ubranie

    feminine · in-plural
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xala.

noun/ˈxa.wa/[ˈxa.wa][ˈxa.wa]
  1. ala (female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs; a demon of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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