סדנה

• סַדְנָא‎ (sadná) (Aramaic spelling)

Borrowed from Aramaic סדנא‎ (“foundation”), related to סַדָּן‎ (sadán, “anvil”).

סַדְנָה • (sadná) f (plural indefinite סַדְנוֹת‎ or סַדְנָאוֹת‎, singular construct סַדְנַת־‎)

1. A shop, a workshop: a small room for manufacturing or light industrial work.
2. A workshop: a brief intensive course of interactive practical education.
3. A workshop: an academic conference.

• As with other feminine loanwords from Aramaic, the Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends that סדנה be written with a ה (h, “hei”) at the end, rather than with an א (ʾ, “alef”) (as in Aramaic). Nonetheless, the Aramaic spellings are still common today sometimes more common than the recommended spellings. In many cases the different plurals are used interchangeably.