IYAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iyar mean? 

• IYAR (noun)
  The noun IYAR has 1 sense:

1. the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)

  Familiarity information: IYAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IYAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Iyar; Iyyar

Hypernyms ("Iyar" is a kind of...):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "Iyar"):

Lag b'Omer ((Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar)

Holonyms ("Iyar" 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)