Bairam

American  

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

noun

1. Eid al-Adha.

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Bairam British  

/ baɪˈræm, ˈbaɪræm /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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

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.

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In Egypt, meanwhile, a smiling President Anwar Sadat declared that it was the best gift he had received for Bairam, the joyful Muslim festival that follows the month-long Ramadan fast.

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To-night, set Rhamazani's sun; To-night, the Bairam feast's begun; To-night—but who and what art thou230 Of foreign garb and fearful brow?

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley