Adar

[ uh-dahr; Sephardic Hebrew ah-dahr; Ashkenazic Hebrew ah-dahr ]

noun

1. the sixth month of the Jewish calendar: called Adar II or Adar Sheni in leap years, when Adar I is added to the calendar.

Adar

/ aˈdar /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the twelfth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the sixth month of the civil year, usually falling within February and March. In a leap year, an additional month Adar Rishon (first Adar) is intercalated between Shevat and Adar, and the latter is known as Adar Sheni (second Adar)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Adar¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin, from Hebrew ădhār, from Akkadian adaru, addaru

Word History and Origins

Origin of Adar¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

When Adar, then just 21, joined the company in 2001, he persuaded his father to dramatically ramp up production—wagering that they could fill a gap in global supply by making low-cost vaccines in very large quantities.

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Adar had a reputation for an extravagant lifestyle, but in the background he was expanding his company’s reach.

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But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias' day.

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Also, kindly observe the Captain and Adar; I think that knocks spots.

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The reading of his name is, unfortunately, not certain, and Adar is only its most probable pronunciation.

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This stone, which they thus substituted, was called Ab-Adar, from the Deity represented by it.

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Adar, a solar deity; pronunciation of name not quite certain; it forms a part of the name Adrammelech, 66.

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