Iyar

or Iy·yar

[ ee-yahr, ee-yahr ]

noun

1. the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.

Iyar

/ iˈjar /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the second month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the eighth month of the civil year, usually falling within April and May

Word History and Origins

Origin of Iyar¹

First recorded in 1730–40; from Hebrew iyār, from Akkadian ayyaru

Word History and Origins

Origin of Iyar¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

In commemoration of the taking of the Acra, the 23rd Iyar (May 17) was ordered thenceforth to be kept as a day of rejoicing.

From Project Gutenberg

On that one day (16th Iyar), more than three thousand six hundred men perished.

From Project Gutenberg

The fourth part or Iyar-pa is like the first a miscellany containing further compositions by these two as well as by others.

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