Purim

See also: purim

English

Etymology

From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹɪm/, /ˈpjʊəɹ-/, /-im/, /puˈɹɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Purim

2. (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.

3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Purim spiel

Translations

Jewish festival

• Arabic: عِيد الْمَسَاخِر (ʕīd al-masāḵir), عِيد السُّكَّر (ʕīd as-sukkar), عِيد الفُور (ʕīd al-fūr), بُورِيم (būrīm)
• Aramaic: פּוּרַיָּא (pūrayyā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普珥節 / 普珥节 (Pǔ'ěrjié)

• Dutch: Poerim (nl), Poerem, Poeriem (nl)
• French: Pourim (fr) m
• German: Purim (de) n or m, Purimfest n
• Greek: Πουρίμ (el) n (Pourím)

  Ancient Greek: Φουρῑ́μ (Phourī́m)

• Hebrew: פּוּרִים (he) (purím)
• Italian: Purim m
• Ladino: Purim
• Latin: Phūrīm
• Marathi: पुरीम (purīm)
• Polish: Purim (pl) m, Święto Losów n
• Russian: Пу́рим m (Púrim)
• Spanish: Purim m
• Swedish: purim (sv) c
• Yiddish: פּורים m (purim)

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).

Proper noun

Purim m (Hebrew spelling פורים)

1. (Judaism) Purim (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)
   • 1939, Judaica‎^[2], numbers 73–84, page 89:

     Después de Purim, platicos.

     After Purim, little dishes.

   • 1995, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[3], volumes 16–17, page 85:

     En muestro sigiente numero treyeremos rechetas para las fiestas de Purim i de Pesah.

     In our next number we shall bring recipes for the festivals of Purim and Passover.

Derived terms

• purimlik

Polish

Alternative forms

• Purym

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.rim/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urim
• Syllabification: Pu‧rim

Proper noun

Purim m inan (indeclinable, related adjective purimowy)

1. (Judaism) Purim (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)

   Synonym: Święto Losów

Further reading

• Purim in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Purim in PWN's encyclopedia