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IYYAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)
Synonyms:
Iyar; Iyyar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Iyyar" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Meronyms (parts of "Iyyar"):
Lag b'Omer ((Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar)
Holonyms ("Iyyar" is a part of...):
Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)