Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shana tova

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: shana -to-va
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (shaná tová, “Happy New Year”, literally “good year”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: שָׁנָה טוֹבָה

Inflected Forms

shanah tovah (alternative) shanah tova (alternative) shana tovah (alternative)

Questions

What does shana tova mean?: Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Where does shana tova come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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