tzaddik

English

Alternative forms

• zaddik
• tsadik
• tsadiq
• tsaddik
• tzadik

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew צַדִּיק (tsadík, “righteous person”). Many pronunciations have come under the influence of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish צדיק (tsadek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɑː.diːk/, /ˈtsɑː.dək/, /ˈsɑː.dək/

Noun

tzaddik (plural tzaddiks or tzaddikim)

1. (Judaism) A very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader.
   • 1988, Christina Pribićević-Zorić, translating Milorad Pavić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage 1989, p. 226:

     For in dreams one thinks with the eyes and the ears; speech has no nouns, just verbs; only in dreams is every person a zaddik, never a murderer….

Translations

a very righteous person

• Czech: cadik (cs) m
• Estonian: õiglane inimene
• German: Zaddik (de) m
• Hebrew: צַדִּיק (he) m (tsadík)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: cadik
• Polish: cadyk (pl) m
• Slovak: cadik m
• Yiddish: צדיק m (tsadek)