Jewish calendar gâhšomâr-e yahud (#) Fr.: calendrier juif Same as → Hebrew calendar Jewish, adj. of jew, from M.E. jewe, giu, gyu, ju, from O.Fr. juiu, juieu, gyu, from L.L. judeus, from L. juaeus, from Gk. ioudaios, from Aramaic yehudhai, from Heb. yəhudhi "Jew," from Yəhudah "Judah," literally "celebrated," name of Jacob's fourth son and of the tribe descended from him; → calendar. Gâhšomâr→ calendar; yahud, from Ar., from Heb., as above. |