Purim
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English
Etymology
From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʊəɹɪm/, /ˈpjʊəɹ-/, /-im/, /puˈɹɪm/
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Proper noun
Purim
- (Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.
- 2022 March 17, Yair Rosenberg, “The Anti-Semite on Your TV”, in The Atlantic:
- Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradicating the Jews.
- A surname.
Derived terms
Translations
Jewish festival
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Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Purim m inan (indeclinable, related adjective purimowy)
- (Judaism) Purim (Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite)
- Synonym: Święto Losów