ראש השנה
See also: ראָש־השנה
Hebrew
Etymology
From רֹאשׁ (rosh-, “head of”) + הַשָּׁנָה (hashaná, “the year”), literally “the head of the year”.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˌʁoʃ haʃaˈna/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˌroʃ haʃaˈna/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˌʀoʃ haʃːɔˈnɔ/
Proper noun
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m
- (Judaism) Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish holiday marking the start of the liturgical year, taking place on the first two days of Tishrei, 163 days after the first day of Passover)
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, early 19th century:
- ומה אומר לכם, אין דבר גדול מזה להיות אצלי על ראש השנה.
- And I tell you, there is no greater thing than to be with me on Rosh Hashanah.
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, early 19th century:
- (more generally) Any of the four new years laid out in the Mishnah.
Descendants
- → Arabic: رَأْس السَّنَة (raʔs as-sana) (calque)
- → Catalan: Roix ha-Xanà
- → English: Rosh Hashanah
- → French: Roch Hachana
- → German: Rosch ha-Schana
- → Ladino: ראש השנה (Rosh Ashaná)
- → Russian: Рош Ха-Шана (Roš Xa-Šana)
- → Spanish: Rosh Hashaná
- → Yiddish: ראָש־השנה (roshe-shone)
Proper noun
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m
- Rosh Hashanah; a book of the Mishnah, and the corresponding books of the Gemarah.
See also
Further reading
- ראש השנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- מסכת ראש השנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- Hebrew calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ladino
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌroʃ aʃaˈna/
Noun
ראש השנה m (Latin spelling Rosh Ashana)
- Rosh Hashanah
- 1910, Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti, Refael i Miriam, page 3:
- אירה אונה די אקילייאס מאדֿרוגאדֿאס פֿריסקאס אי טיירנאס אין איל מיס די סיפטימברי, אינטרי ראש השנה אי יום כפור.
- Era una de akelyas maḏrugaḏas freskas i tiernas en el mes de septembre, entre Rosh Ashana i Yom Kippur.
- It was one of those fresh, tender early mornings in the month of September, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.