zeda

See also: žeđa

English

Noun

zeda (plural zedas)

1. Alternative spelling of zayde
   • 1899, Mary J. McKenna, Our Brethren of the Tenements and the Ghetto, page 18:

     The old men who came to our door I was taught to call "Zeda," or grandfather, and the old women I called "Babba," or grandmother, and to them I always gave a double share.

   • 1999, Paul Mazursky, Show Me the Magic:

     ... grandfather often told me stories about his life in Kiev. I would sit at the kitchen table with Zeda, as I called him (Yiddish for grandpa), sipping hot tea from a saucer and sucking on a cube of sugar.