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shanda

shanda noun: shame; disgrace.

Noun

shanda (plural shandas)

  1. (Jewish) Shame; disgrace.
    • Oi, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a Mohel. It's so chewy.1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon, Mrs. Doubtfire, spoken by Daniel (Robin Williams)
    • A shanda is humiliation and embarrassment one's misdeed suffers upon one's family. In our faith, a shanda is a terrible sin.2011, Teddy Bart, Shadow Seduction, →ISBN, page 171

Forms of shanda

pluralshandas
alternative formschanda
alternative formschande
alternative formshande
alternative formshonda
alternative formshonde

Origin of shanda

From Yiddish שאַנדע (shande), from Middle High German schande, schante, from Old High German scanta, skanta, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu (“shame”). Doublet of shand.

Questions about shanda

What does shanda mean?
Shanda means shame; disgrace.
What part of speech is shanda?
Shanda is a noun.
What is the plural of shanda?
The plural of shanda is shandas.

Words near shanda in the dictionary

  1. shanbogue
  2. shanbogues
  3. Shancheng
  4. Shanchez
  5. shand
  6. shanda
  7. Shandaken
  8. shandas
  9. Shandean
  10. Shandernagor
  11. shandies

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