אדר

See also: אָדר

Aramaic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).

Proper noun

אֲדָר • (ʾăḏār) m

1. March
2. Adar

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܐܕܪ (ʾāḏār)
  • Arabic: آذار (ʔāḏār)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܕܵܪ (ādār)
• Turoyo: ܐܳܕ݂ܰܪ (oḏar)

References

• “dr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 17

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).

Proper noun

אֲדָר • (adár) m

1. (Judaism) Adar (the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan)
   • Tanach, Esther 9:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לְקַיֵּם עֲלֵיהֶם לִהְיוֹת עֹשִׂים אֵת יוֹם אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר וְאֵת יוֹם־חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בּוֹ בְּכׇל־שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה׃

     l'kayém alehém lih'yót osím et yom arba'á asár l'khódesh adár v'et yom khamishá asár bo b'khol shaná v'shaná.

     to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Megillah 1:4:

     קָרְאוּ אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה בַּאֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן וְנִתְעַבְּרָה הַשָּׁנָה, קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ בַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי, אֵין בֵּין אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן לַאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי אֶלָּא קְרִיאַת הַמְּגִלָּה וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיוֹנִים:

     Qar'ú et ha-mgilá ba'adár ha-rishon v'nit'arbá ha-shaná, korín otáh ba'adar ha-shení, en ben adar harishón la'adár ha-shení éla k'ri'át ham'gilá umatanót la'evyoním.

     If they read the scroll in First Adar, and then the year was intercalcated, they read it in Second Adar. The only difference between First Adar and Second Adar is in the reading of the scroll and gifts to the poor.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 29a:

     אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר שִׁילַת מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמִּשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אָב מְמַעֲטִין בְּשִׂמְחָה — כָּךְ מִשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אֲדָר מַרְבִּין בְּשִׂמְחָה.

     amár rav y'hudá b'reh d'rav shmu'él bar shilát mishmeh d'rav: k'shem she-mi-she-nikhnás av m'ma'tín b'simkhá — kakh mi-she-nikhnás adár marbín b'simkhá.

     Said R. Judah son of Rav Shmuel son of Sheilath, in the name of Rav: just as when Av comes one decreases rejoicing, so too when Adar comes one increases rejoicing.

2. a male or female given name

Derived terms

• אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן (adár harishón)
• אֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי (adár hashení)

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

References

• H143 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• אדר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

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Noun

אֵדֶר • (éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים, singular construct אֵדֶר־, plural construct אֶדְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. A mounted animal: an animal skin that has been stuffed and mounted for display.

Etymology 3

Root
א־ד־ר (ʾ-d-r)

From Aramaic אדרא . Compare Classical Syriac ܐܕܪܐ (ʾāḏrā).

Noun

אֶדֶר • (éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים, singular construct אֶדֶר־, plural construct אַדְרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (obsolete) A kind of cedar tree.
2. A maple tree, a maple.

Derived terms

• אדר הסוכר / אֶדֶר הַסֻּכָּר (éder hasukár)

References

• “אדר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language