tefilá

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Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew תפילה.

Noun

tefilá f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling תפילה)

  1. prayer

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “tefilá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “tefillá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 545
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “tefila”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 367