Purim
pronunciation
How to pronounce Purim in British English:
UK [ˈpʊərɪm]
How to pronounce Purim in American English:
US [ˈpʊrɪm]
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- Noun:
- (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
Word Origin
- Purim (n.)
- Jewish festival on the 14th of Adar (in commemoration of the defeat of Haman's plot), late 14c., from Hebrew purim, literally "lots" (plural of pur), identified with haggoral "the lot" (Esther iii:7, ix:24), perhaps from Akkadian puru "stone, urn," "which itself is prob. a loan word from Sumeric bur" [Klein].