Yom Kippur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹם כִּיפּוּר (yom kipúr, literally “Day of Atonement”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌjɒm kɪˈpʊə/, /ˌjɒm ˈkɪpə/, /ˌjəʊm kɪˈpʊə/, /ˌjəʊm ˈkɪpə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌjɔm kɪˈpʊɹ/, /ˌjɔm ˈkɪpɚ/, /ˌjoʊm kɪˈpʊɹ/, /ˌjoʊm ˈkɪpɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌjɑm kɪˈpʊɹ/, /ˌjɑm ˈkɪpɚ/, /ˌjoʊm-/

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Proper noun

Yom Kippur

2. (Judaism) A particular Jewish holiday, the day of atonement, falling on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.

   Synonym: Day of Atonement

   • 2018 September 18, “Ahead of Yom Kippur, ultra-Orthodox Jews cast out sins with chickens and water”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown on Tuesday.

   • 2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.

Translations

Day of Atonement

• Arabic: يَوْم الْكَفَّارَة (yawm al-kaffāra), يَوْم الْغُفْرَان (yawm al-ḡufrān), يَوْم كِيفُور (yawm kīfūr)
• Czech: Jom kipur
• Finnish: Jom Kippur
• French: Yom Kippour (fr) m
• German: Jom Kippur (de) m
• Greek: Γιομ Κιπούρ (Giom Kipoúr)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰὼμ Χῑπφούρ (Iṑm Khīpphoúr)

• Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר (he) (yom kippúr)
• Italian: Yom Kippur
• Latin: Festum Expiationis n, Iōm Chīpphūr
• Persian: یوم کفاره (yowm-e kaffâre), روز آمرزش (ruz-e âmorzeš), یوم‌کیپور (yowm-kipur)
• Polish: Jom Kippur m, Sądny Dzień m, Dzień Pojednania m, Dzień Przebłagania m
• Russian: Йом-кипу́р (Jom-kipúr)
• Spanish: Yom Kipur (es) m, el Día del Perdón m
• Swedish: jom kippur (sv)
• Ukrainian: Йом-Кіпу́р m (Jom-Kipúr)
• Yiddish: יום־כּיפּור m (yonkiper)