אדר

See also: אָדר‎

Aramaic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).

Proper noun

אֲדָר • (ʾăḏār) m

1. March
2. Adar

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܐܕܪ‎ (ʾāḏār)
  • Arabic: آذار‎ (ʔāḏār)
• 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

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).

Proper noun

אֲדָר • ('adár) m

1. Adar, the sixth, and in leap years, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar (of twenty-nine days), circa March.
2. a male or female given name

Derived terms

• אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן‎ ('adár harishón)
• אֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי‎ ('adár hashení)

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי‎, חשוון‎, כסלו‎, טבת‎, שבט‎, אדר, ניסן‎, אייר‎, סיוון‎, תמוז‎, אב‎, אלול‎ ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

References

• H143 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

אֵדֶר • ('éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים‎, singular construct אֵדֶר־, plural construct אֶדְרֵי־‎) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

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 .

Noun

אֶדֶר • ('éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים‎, singular construct אֶדֶר־, plural construct אַדְרֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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

Derived terms

• אדר הסוכר / אֶדֶר הַסֻּכָּר‎ (éder hasukár)

References

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