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

It was the second day of Korban Bairam, four-day Mohammedan feast commemorating Abraham's sacrifice to God of a ram instead of his firstborn son Ismael,� reputed ancestor of all Moslems.

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

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.

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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