zahut

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Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Hebrew זְכוּת (z'khút).

Noun

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zahut m (Latin spelling)

  1. a charitable act or good deed
  2. merit

Further reading

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  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “źejut”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “zajú”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 606
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “zahut”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 405