# Shuadit

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An extinct Hebrew-script variant of Provençal used by Jews in France, also called Judeo-Provençal or Judeo-Comtadine.

## Etymology
Coined by Zosa Szajkowski, who believed it to be derived from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (y'hudít, “Jewish [language]”), although this has shown to be spurious. The word that he based it on was in fact from Old Occitan chuadit, a manuscript variant of chuadi in a poem written by a non-Jew, and is of unclear meaning.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shuadit