ראש השנה
See also: ראָש־השנה
Hebrew
Etymology
From רֹאשׁ (rosh-, “head of”) + הַשָּׁנָה (hashaná, “the year”); hence literally “the head of the year”.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁoʃ haʃaˈna/
Noun
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m
- Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year: a holiday beginning on the first day of the month of Tishrei and marking the beginning of the Jewish liturgical year.
- (more generally) Any of the four new years laid out in the Mishnah.
Descendants
- English: Rosh Hashanah
- French: Roch Hachana
- German: Rosch ha-Schana
- Russian: Рош Ха-Шана (Roš Xa-Šana)
- Spanish: Rosh Hashaná
- Yiddish: ראָש־השנה (rosheshone)
Proper noun
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m
- Rosh Hashanah; a book of the Mishnah, and the corresponding books of the Gemarah.
Further reading
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