Rosh Hashanah
Pronunciations
Rosh Hashanah | (rush hah-SHAH-nuh) | listen |
Definitions
n. The Jewish new year.
Example Sentences
"Are you coming for Rosh Hashanah lunch?"
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
ראש השנה 'lit. head of the year'
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
Rosh Hashana, Rosheshone
Notes
Pronounced Roshasha-NAH by some and Rush-uh-SHUN-uh by others (corresponding to Modern Hebrew or Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation)
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