"yahrzeit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjɑːtsaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈjɑɹtsaɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yahrzeit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yahrzeits [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *yóh₁r̥ Borrowed from Yiddish יאָרצײַט (yortsayt), from Middle High German jārzīt (“anniversary; Christian commemoration of a person’s death”); from Middle High German jār (“year”) (from Old High German jār (“year”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yéh₁n- (“year”)) + Middle High German zīt (“time”) (from Old High German zīt (“time”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”)). The Yiddish word is cognate with German Jahreszeit (“season”), which heavily influenced the spelling and pronunciation once the word was borrowed into English. Doublet of yeartide. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*yóh₁r̥}} *yóh₁r̥, {{PIE word|en|yóh₁r̥}} PIE word *yóh₁r̥, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dī-}}, {{bor|en|yi|יאָרצײַט}} Yiddish יאָרצײַט (yortsayt), {{der|en|gmh|jārzīt|t=anniversary; Christian commemoration of a person’s death}} Middle High German jārzīt (“anniversary; Christian commemoration of a person’s death”), {{der|en|gmh|jār|t=year}} Middle High German jār (“year”), {{der|en|goh|jār|t=year}} Old High German jār (“year”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*yóh₁r̥|*yéh₁n-|year}} Proto-Indo-European *yéh₁n- (“year”), {{der|en|gmh|zīt|t=time}} Middle High German zīt (“time”), {{der|en|goh|zīt|t=time}} Old High German zīt (“time”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dī-|t=time}} Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”), {{cog|de|Jahreszeit|t=season}} German Jahreszeit (“season”), {{doublet|en|yeartide}} Doublet of yeartide Head templates: {{en-noun}} yahrzeit (plural yahrzeits)
  1. (Judaism) The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals. Wikipedia link: Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Yom HaShoah Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, Observances Synonyms: jahrzeit, yahrtzeit, yartseit, yartzeit, yortsayt, yortseit, yortzite Derived forms: yahrzeit candle Related terms: deathday Translations ((Judaism) anniversary of a person's death): נַחֲלָה (nakhalá) [feminine] (Hebrew), aniversario luctuoso [masculine] (Spanish), יאָרצײַט (yortsayt) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.