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Word: Shiva
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
from Hebrew šiḇ‘āh ‘seven’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʃiːvə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsiːvə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a period of seven days' formal mourning for the dead, beginning immediately after the funeral
Short Definition:period of seven days' formal mourning for dead, beginning immediately after funeral
Examples:- she went to her sister's funeral and sat shiva
Variant Forms:
- shivah
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