Yom Kippur en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌjəʊm kɪˈpʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌjoʊm ˈkɪpɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˌjoʊm-/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˌjɔm kɪˈpʊɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˌjɔm ˈkɪpɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˌjɑm ˈkɪpɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˌjəʊm ˈkɪpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌjɒm ˈkɪpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˌjoʊm kɪˈpʊɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˌjɒm kɪˈpʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌjɑm kɪˈpʊɹ/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹם כִּיפּוּר (yom kipúr, literally “Day of Atonement”).
Meanings
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(Judaism) A particular Jewish holiday, the day of atonement, falling on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.
Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown on Tuesday.
2018 September 18, “Ahead of Yom Kippur, ultra-Orthodox Jews cast out sins with chickens and water”, in Reuters:Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.
2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2019:
Synonyms
Day of Judgment · Day of Atonement
Translations (27)
sv jom kippur (Day of Atonement) · fi Jom Kippur (Day of Atonement) · yi יום־כּיפּור (Day of Atonement) · cs Jom kipur (Day of Atonement) · es Yom Kipur (Day of Atonement) · grc Ἰὼμ Χῑπφούρ (Day of Atonement) · cmn 贖罪日 /赎罪日 (Day of Atonement) · ru Йом-кипу́р (Day of Atonement) · pl Sądny Dzień (Day of Atonement) · ar يَوْم الْكَفَّارَة (Day of Atonement) · la Festum Expiationis (Day of Atonement) · fa روز آمرزش (Day of Atonement) · pl Dzień Pojednania (Day of Atonement) · fa یومکیپور (Day of Atonement) · la Iōm Chīpphūr (Day of Atonement) · fr Yom Kippour (Day of Atonement) · it Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) · he יוֹם כִּפּוּר (Day of Atonement) · pl Jom Kippur (Day of Atonement) · es el Día del Perdón (Day of Atonement) · el Γιομ Κιπούρ (Day of Atonement) · pl Dzień Przebłagania (Day of Atonement) · ar يَوْم كِيفُور (Day of Atonement) · de Jom Kippur (Day of Atonement) · ar يَوْم الْغُفْرَان (Day of Atonement) · uk Йом-Кіпу́р (Day of Atonement) · fa یوم کفاره (Day of Atonement)