Tishah b'Av

American  

[tee-shah buh-ahv, tish-uh-bawv] / tiˈʃɑ bəˈɑv, ˈtɪʃ əˌbɔv /

Or Tishah b'Ab

noun

1. a Jewish fast day observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in memory of the destruction in Jerusalem of the First and Second Temples.

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Tishah b'Av British  

/ tiˈʃa bəˈav /

noun

1. Judaism the ninth day of the month of Av observed as a fast day in memory of the destruction of the First and Second Temples

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Etymology

Origin of Tishah b'Av

First recorded in 1935–40; < Hebrew tishʿāh bəʾābh “the ninth (day) of (the month) Av”