חלתא

Aramaic

Pronunciation
  • (aunt): IPA(key): /ħɑltɑ/
  • (ossuary): IPA(key): /ħɛlː(ə)θɑ/
  • (basket, bucket): IPA(key): /ħalː(ə)θɑ/
  • (loaf, dough share): IPA(key): /ħalː(ə)θɑ/

Noun

חלתא • (ḥāltā) f (plural חלתא, singular masculine counterpart חלא‎)

(Nabataean)
  1. maternal aunt

Noun

חלתא • (ḥelləṯā)

(Jewish Palestinian Aramaic)
  1. ossuary

Noun

חַלְּתָא • (ḥalləṯā)

(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic)
  1. basket, bucket

Noun

חַלְּתָא • (ḥalləṯā)

(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic)
  1. a type of loaf or cake
  2. the priest’s share of the dough, also called challa in English texts, and Teighebe in German ones
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