adar

English Thesaurus

1. the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March) (noun.time)

hypernym	:	jewish calendar month,
definition	:	a month in the Jewish calendar (noun.time)

part holonym	:	purim,
definition	:	(Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman (noun.time)

part meronym	:	hebrew calendar, jewish calendar,
definition	:	(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 (noun.time)