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

Noun

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m

  1. 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.
  2. (more generally) Any of the four new years laid out in the Mishnah.

Descendants

Proper noun

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m

  1. Rosh Hashanah; a book of the Mishnah, and the corresponding books of the Gemarah.

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