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Bairam

American

[bahy-rahm, bahy-rahm] / baɪˈrɑm, ˈbaɪ rɑm /

noun

Eid al-Adha.

Bairam British

/ baɪˈræm, ˈbaɪræm /

noun

either of two Muslim festivals, one ( Lesser Bairam ) falling at the end of Ramadan, the other ( Greater Bairam ) 70 days later at the end of the Islamic year

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Etymology

Origin of Bairam

1590–1600; < Turkish bayram literally, holiday, festival, probably ultimately < Persian

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Bairam

Arab members of his bureau had already celebrated Courban Bairam, their holy festival; the Copts and Orthodox adherents would not celebrate theirs until Jan. 7.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of the three-day Moslem Feast of Bairam, Dr. Ghoneim put 80 laborers to work making the underground passageways navigable for visitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

I said, very well, this year instead of saying the Bairam prayers in Sinai, I shall pray in Al Aqsa.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Algiers two planes carried 25 Moslems to Mecca for Bairam, solemn annual festival at which every pilgrim sacrifices a ram, a he-goat, a cow or a camel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Akbar and Bairam Khan resolved on a battle.

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