sadhe

[ sah-dee, -duh, tsah-dee ]
/ ˈsɑ di, -də, ˈtsɑ di /

noun

the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
the consonant sound represented by this letter.

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Also sadi, tsadi, tsa·de.

Origin of sadhe

First recorded in 1895–1900, sadhe is from the Hebrew word ṣādhē

Words nearby sadhe

sadducee, sade, sade, marquis de, sadhaka, sadhana, sadhe, sadhika, sadhu, sadi, sadie, sadie hawkins
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British Dictionary definitions for sadhe

sadhe

sade or tsade

/ (ˈsɑːdiː, ˈtsɑːdiː, Hebrew ˈtsadiː) /

noun

the 18th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (צ or, at the end of a word ץ), transliterated as s or ts and pronounced more or less like English s or ts with pharyngeal articulation
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