Definitions For Yahrzeit

Noun

YAHRZEIT (plural YAHRZEITs) (Judaism) The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent#noun, parent's, often mark#verb, marked by the light#verb, lighting of a memorial#adjective, memorial candle and other rituals.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, jahrzeit, yahrtzeit, yartseit, yartzeit, yortsayt, yortseit}}

Derived terms

yahrzeit candle

Translations

Hebrew: נַחֲלָה, f, tr=nakhalá Spanish: aniversario luctuoso, m Yiddish: יאָרצײַט, m, f

See also

deathday

Etymology

{{PIE word, en, yóh₁r̥}}{{PIE root, en, dī}} remembrance, remembrance day, day ceremony at {{w, Naval Station Pearl Harbor}} in hawaii, USA, in April 2007.]] Borrowed from {{bor, en, yi, יאָרצײַט}}, from {{der, en, gmh, jārzīt, t=anniversary; Christian commemoration of a person’s death}}; from {{der, en, gmh, jār, t=year}} (from {{der, en, goh, jār, t=year}}, ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, yóh₁r̥, *yéh₁n-, year}}) + {{der, en, gmh, zīt, t=time}} (from {{der, en, goh, zīt, t=time}}, ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *dī-, t=time}}).Compare {{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=231129, date=September 2018, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico, pos=n}} The Yiddish word is cognate with {{cog, de, Jahreszeit, t=season}}, which heavily influenced the spelling and pronunciation once the word was borrowed into English. {{doublet, en, yeartide}}.