Hebrew

Alternative forms

• תוכנה excessive spelling

Noun

תׇּכְנָה • ‎(tokhná) f

1. software (encoded computer instructions)
2. (colloquial) application (a computer program)

Usage notes

• According to the Academy of the Hebrew language words with a Qamatz Qaṭan or Ḥaṭaf Qamatz should not be spelled with vav (ו) when writing unpointed Hebrew text, unless it alternates with a Ḥolam in another form of the word. In informal Hebrew this rule is sometimes ignored since it is hard for speakers to differentiate between words pronounced with /o/ because of a qamatz and the rest.