n.
Variant: or tzad · dik
Pronunciation: ' tsä-dik
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural zad · dik · im or tzad · dik · im \ tsä- ' di-k ə m \
Etymology: Yiddish tsadek, from Hebrew ș add ī q just, righteous
Date: 1873
1 : a righteous and saintly person by Jewish religious standards
2 : the spiritual leader of a modern Hasidic community