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takanah

takanah is the alternative form of takkanah.

Meaning of takkanah

Noun

takkanah (plural takkanot)

  1. A law created by the rabbis not derived from Biblical commandments.
    • According to a takkanah (enactment) of the chief rabbinate of Palestine in 1943, in Israel daughters inherit on an equal footing with sons.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 926

Forms of takanah

pluraltakanot

Questions about takanah

What is takanah the alternative form of?
Takanah is the alternative form of takkanah.

Words near takanah in the dictionary

  1. Takamine
  2. Takamines
  3. Takamori
  4. Takamoris
  5. Takana
  6. takanah
  7. takanakuy
  8. Takanan
  9. Takanawa
  10. takanelite
  11. takannah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: takanah (page history and authors); takkanah (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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