Purim
/ˈpjʊərɪm/noun
- a lesser Jewish festival held in spring (on the 14th or 15th day of Adar) to commemorate the defeat of Haman's plot to massacre the Jews as recorded in the book of Esther普林节, 普珥节（春季［阿达尔月14或15日］举行的犹太教小型节日, 纪念犹太人免遭哈曼计划的杀害, 故事记录在《以斯帖记》中）。
词源
Hebrew, plural of pūr, explained in the book of Esther （3:7, 9:24） as meaning 'lot', with allusion to the casting of lots by Haman.