kaddish

(käd′is̸h)

noun

Origin: Aram kadish, lit., holy, akin to Heb kadosh, holy < root kdš, sanctify

See kaddish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Judaism

A prayer recited in the daily synagogue services and by mourners after the death of a close relative.

Origin:

Origin: From Aramaic qaddiš, holy, sacred

Origin: , from qədaš, to become holy, be sacred (so called after the first words of the prayer); see qdš in Semitic roots

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