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{{also|purim}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{uder|en|he|פּוּרִים|tr=purím|lit=lots}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpʊəɹɪm/|/ˈpjʊəɹ-/|/-im/|/puˈɹɪm/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Purim.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Proper noun===
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# {{senseid|en|Q180115}}{{lb|en|Judaism}} A [[Jewish]] [[festival]], celebrated on the 14th day of [[Adar]], [[commemorating]] the [[deliverance]] of the [[Persian]] [[Jew]]s from a complete [[massacre]] at the hand of [[Haman]] the [[Amalek|Amalekite]].
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/03/douglas-macgregor-jewish-tucker-carlson-purim/676808/|title=The Anti-Semite on Your TV|work=The Atlantic|date=2022-03-17|author=Yair Rosenberg|passage=Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of '''Purim''', a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. {{...|The story behind this day is recounted in the biblical Book of Esther.}} Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradicating the Jews.}}
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====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|Purim spiel}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|Jewish festival}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عِيد الْمَسَاخِر}}, {{t|ar|عِيد السُّكَّر}}, {{t|ar|عِيد الفُور}}, {{t|ar|بُورِيم}}
* Aramaic: {{t|arc|פּוּרַיָּא|tr=pūrayyā}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Poerim}}, {{t|nl|Poerem}}, {{t+|nl|Poeriem}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Pourim|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Purim|n|m}}, {{t|de|Purimfest|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פּוּרִים|tr=purím}}
* Italian: {{t|it|Purim|m}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|Purim}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Purim|m}}, {{t|pl|Święto Losów|n}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|Пу́рим|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|Purim|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|purim|c}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פּורים|m}}
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==Polish==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|Purym}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|he|פּוּרִים|tr=purím}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Jest Spoczko-Purim.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{pl-prop|m-in|adj=purimowy|indecl=1}}

# {{lb|pl|Judaism}} {{l|en|Purim}} {{gl|Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite}}
#: {{syn|pl|Święto Losów}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:PWN Encyclopedia}}

{{C|pl|Holidays}}