English noun: Hebrew calendar |
1. | Hebrew calendar (time) (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years |
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| Synonyms | Jewish calendar |
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| Broader (hypernym) | lunisolar calendar |
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| Part holonym | Ab, Adar, Adar Sheni, Av, Chislev, Ellul, Elul, Heshvan, Iyar, Iyyar, Jewish calendar month, Kislev, Nisan, Nissan, Shebat, Shevat, Sivan, Siwan, Tammuz, Tebet, Tevet, Thammuz, Tishri, Veadar |
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| Domain category | Judaism |
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