zahut

Ladino

Alternative forms

• zahud, zehut
• zejút (Haketia)

Etymology

From Hebrew זְכוּת (z'khút).

Noun

zahut m

1. a charitable act or good deed
2. 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/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 405