Elul

See also: elul and elül

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אֱלוּל (elúl), from Akkadian 𒌗𒆥 (^itieluli, “month of harvest”).

Proper noun

Elul

2. (Judaism) The twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 142:

     “Twenty-three years ago,” the rebbe says without hesitation. “On the twentieth of Elul. No one in this house has spoken to or seen him since then.”

Translations

twelfth month in civil year in the Jewish calendar

• Arabic: أيلول (ar)
• Hebrew: אֱלוּל (he) m (elúl)
• Indonesian: Elul
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Элул (Elul)
• Swedish: elul (sv)
• Yiddish: אלול m (elel)

See also

Hebrew calendar monthsedit

• Tishrei
• Cheshvan
• Kislev
• Tevet
• Shevat
• Adar
• Nisan
• Iyar
• Sivan
• Tammuz
• Av
• Elul

Anagrams

• Lule

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hebrew אלול.

Proper noun

Elul

1. Elul (sixth month of the Jewish calendar)

Further reading

• “Elul”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew אֱלוּל‎ ('elúl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.ɫuːɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.lul]

Proper noun

Elūl n (indeclinable)

1. Elul

See also

• (Jewish months): see list in Hēthānīm