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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Iyar1

First recorded in 1730–40; from Hebrew iyār, from Akkadian ayyaru
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Iyar1

from Hebrew
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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.

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

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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