Adar

[ uh-dahr; Sephardic Hebrew ah-dahr; Ashkenazic Hebrew ah-dahr ]

noun
  1. the sixth month of the Jewish calendar: called Adar II or Adar Sheni in leap years, when Adar I is added to the calendar.

Origin of Adar

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin, from Hebrew ădhār, from Akkadian adaru, addaru

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Adar

/ (aˈdar) /


noun
  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the twelfth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the sixth month of the civil year, usually falling within February and March. In a leap year, an additional month Adar Rishon (first Adar) is intercalated between Shevat and Adar, and the latter is known as Adar Sheni (second Adar)

Origin of Adar

1
from Hebrew

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