zada

English

Noun

zada (plural zadas)

  1. Alternative spelling of zayde.
    • 1981, Susan Strasberg, Bitter Sweet:
      ... Grandmother was a strong woman, bearing traces of the beauty she had once been, but it was Zada, Grandpa, who made the deepest impression on me.
    • 2025 January 7, Adam Ross, Playworld: A Novel, Knopf, →ISBN, page 375:
      "Your father's parents. Zada and Babu." When I looked at her questioningly, Mom said, "It's Yiddish. For 'Grandpa' and 'Grandma.” She let my ignorance slide.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈza.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: za‧da

Verb

zada

  1. third-person singular future of zadać