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chalaf

chalaf noun: a knife used by Ashkenazi Jews in shehitah, the kosher slaughter of animals.

Noun

chalaf (plural chalafs or chalefim)

  1. A knife used by Ashkenazi Jews in shehitah, the kosher slaughter of animals.
    • When Mr. Katz came back around to face me, he held a slaughterer’s chalaf. My breath escaped in a thin whimper before I could stop myself.2021, Aden Polydoros, The City Beautiful, Inkyard Press, →ISBN, page 301

Forms of chalaf

pluralchalafs
pluralchalefim

Origin of chalaf

Borrowed from Yiddish חלף (khalaf), from Hebrew חַלָּף (khaláf).

Questions about chalaf

What does chalaf mean?
Chalaf means a knife used by Ashkenazi Jews in shehitah, the kosher slaughter of animals.
What part of speech is chalaf?
Chalaf is a noun.
What is the plural of chalaf?
The plural of chalaf is chalafs.

Words near chalaf in the dictionary

  1. chakric
  2. chal
  3. chal-chal
  4. chala
  5. Chalabre
  6. chalaf
  7. chalah
  8. chalahs
  9. Chalais
  10. Chalamaniac
  11. Chalamaniacs

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