Tzaddik
/ˈtsɑː.diːk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader. Judaism
"For in dreams one thinks with the eyes and the ears; speech has no nouns, just verbs; only in dreams is every person a zaddik, never a murderer…."
- 2 Alternative form of tsade (“Semitic letter”). alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"A Chabad rabbi, Abraham Chen, saw Peter Kropotkin as a tzaddik."
Etymology
From Hebrew צַדִּיק (tsadík, “righteous person”). Many pronunciations have come under the influence of Yiddish צדיק (tsadek).