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sandak

sandak is the alternative form of sandek.

Meaning of sandek

Noun

sandek (plural sandeks)

  1. (Judaism) A person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding the baby boy in his lap as the mohel performs the circumcision.

Forms of sandak

pluralsandaks

Questions about sandak

What is sandak the alternative form of?
Sandak is the alternative form of sandek.

Words near sandak in the dictionary

  1. Sandabur
  2. Sandage
  3. Sandages
  4. Sandahl
  5. Sandahls
  6. sandak
  7. Sandakan
  8. sandaks
  9. sandal
  10. Sandal Magna
  11. sandal-wood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sandak (page history and authors); sandek (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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