Iyar

American  

[ee-yahr, ee-yahr] / iˈyɑr, ˈi yɑr /

Or Iyyar

noun

1. the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.

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Iyar British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Iyar

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

Example Sentences

"We are doing work according to international standards," said Dr. Farid Iyar, commission spokesman.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were superceded after the captivity, by Nisan, Iyar, Tisri and Hesvan, or Marchesvan.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

The second, Iyar, is sacred to Ea as the "lord of humanity."

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

This event happened on the tenth day of Iyar in the year 66 C.E.

From Josephus by Bentwich, Norman

Nisan, Iyar, and Sivan, his circuit is between the mountains, in order to dissolve the snow; in July, August, and September, i.e.,

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various