Purim

See also: purim

English

Etymology

From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹɪm/, /ˈpjʊəɹ-/, /-im/, /puˈɹɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Purim

1. (Judaism) A 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.
   • 2022 March 17, Yair Rosenberg, “The Anti-Semite on Your TV”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] 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.

2. A surname.

Translations

Jewish festival

• Arabic: عِيد الْمَسَاخِر (ʕīd al-masāḵir), عِيد السُّكَّر (ʕīd as-sukkar), عِيد الفُور (ʕīd al-fūr), بُورِيم (būrīm)
• Aramaic: פּוּרַיָּא (pūrayyā)
• Dutch: Poerim (nl), Poerem, Poeriem (nl)
• French: Pourim (fr) m
• German: Purim (de), Purimfest
• Hebrew: פּוּרִים (he) (purím)
• Italian: Purim m
• Polish: Purim (pl) m, Święto Losów n
• Russian: Пу́рим m (Púrim)
• Spanish: Purim m
• Yiddish: פּורים m (purim)

Polish

Alternative forms

• Purym

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím).

Proper noun

Purim m inan (indeclinable, related adjective purimowy)

1. (Judaism) Purim (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)

   Synonym: Święto Losów

Further reading

• Purim in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Purim in PWN's encyclopedia