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, a Perso-Turkish word meaning "festival," applied in Turkish to the two principal festivals of Islam.

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