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Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew זְכוּת (z'khút).
Noun
zahut m
- a charitable act or good deed
- merit
Further reading
- 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