Purim
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See also: purim
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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[1]:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
Jewish festival
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Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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
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