אדר

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See also: אָדר

Aramaic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).

Proper noun

אֲדָר • (ʾăḏār) m

  1. March
  2. Adar

Descendants

  • Classical Syriac: ܐܕܪ (ʾāḏār)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܕܵܪ (ādār)
  • Turoyo: ܐܳܕ݂ܰܪ (oḏar)

References

  • “dr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 17

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).

Proper noun

אֲדָר • ('adár) m

  1. Adar, the twelfth, and in leap years, the thirteenth month of the Jewish calendar (of twenty-nine days), circa March.
    • Tanach, Esther 9:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לְקַיֵּם עֲלֵיהֶם לִהְיוֹת עֹשִׂים אֵת יוֹם אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר וְאֵת יוֹם־חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בּוֹ בְּכׇל־שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה׃
      l'qayyém 'aleihém lihyót 'osím et yom arba'á 'asár l-ḥódesh Adár v-et yom ḥamishá 'asár bo b-khol shaná v-shaná.
      to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Megillah 1:4:
      קָרְאוּ אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה בַּאֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן וְנִתְעַבְּרָה הַשָּׁנָה, קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ בַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי, אֵין בֵּין אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן לַאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי אֶלָּא קְרִיאַת הַמְּגִלָּה וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיוֹנִים:
      Qar'ú et ha-mgilá ba-Adar ha-rishon v-nit'arbá ha-shaná, qorín otáh ba-Adar ha-shení, ein bein Adar ha-rishón la-Adar ha-shení élla qri'at ha-mgillá u-mattanót la-evyoním.
      If they read the scroll in First Adar, and then the year was intercalcated, they read it in Second Adar. The only difference between First Adar and Second Adar is in the reading of the scroll and gifts to the poor.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 29a:
      אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר שִׁילַת מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמִּשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אָב מְמַעֲטִין בְּשִׂמְחָה — כָּךְ מִשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אֲדָר מַרְבִּין בְּשִׂמְחָה.
      Amár Rav Y'hudá b'reih d-rav Shmuél bar Shilat mi-shmeih d-Rav: k-shem she-mi-she-nikhnás Av m'ma'tín b-simḥá — kakh mi-she-nikhnás Adár marbín b-simḥá.
      Said R. Judah son of Rav Shmuel son of Sheilath, in the name of Rav: just as when Av comes one decreases rejoicing, so too when Adar comes one increases rejoicing.
  2. a male or female given name
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

אֵדֶר • ('éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים, singular construct אֵדֶר־, plural construct אֶדְרֵי־)

  1. A mounted animal: an animal skin that has been stuffed and mounted for display.

Etymology 3

Root
א־ד־ר (ʾ-d-r)

From Aramaic אדרא . Compare Classical Syriac ܐܕܪܐ (ʾāḏrā).

Noun

אֶדֶר • ('éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים, singular construct אֶדֶר־, plural construct אַדְרֵי־)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of cedar tree.
  2. A maple tree, a maple.
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References

  • “אדר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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