noun
the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)
• Syn: ↑Iyyar
• Hypernyms: ↑Jewish calendar month
• Part Holonyms: ↑Jewish calendar, ↑Hebrew calendar
• Part Meronyms: ↑Lag b'Omer
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/ee yahr", ee"yahr/, n.
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
Also, Iyyar. Cf. Jewish calendar.
[1730-40; < Heb iyyar]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.