Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iddah

/ˈɪdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: id-dah
IPA: /ˈɪdə/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period for which a woman must wait after the death of her spouse, or after a divorce, before she can remarry.

Etymology

From Arabic عِدَّة (ʕidda).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: عِدَّة, ع د د

Inflected Forms

iddat (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce iddah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪdə/.
What does iddah mean?: The period for which a woman must wait after the death of her spouse, or after a divorce, before she can remarry.
Where does iddah come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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