bayram

Meaning

1. Eid, religious festival.
2. Religious festival of any variety.
3. A public holiday, religious or not, especially national holidays.
4. (figuratively) A very happy situation.

Concepts

holiday

festival

feast

fiesta

festivity

Eid

celebration

🎉

junket

public holiday

bairam

Synonyms

şenlik

yortu

eğlence

festival

kutsal gün

resmî tatil

Translations

fête

⛷️

Feiertag

Fest

fiesta

🥳

عِيد

γιορτή

festum

festa

feestdag

feriado

Feier

🎉

feria

عيد

feest

🥳

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑjɾɑm/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: بیرام

Cognate with Tatar: бәйрәм

Cognate with Kazakh: мейрам

Cognate with Kyrgyz: майрам

Cognate with Khakas: пайрам

Cognate with Bashkir: байрам

Cognate with Azerbaijani: bayram

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish بیرام (bayram), from Proto-Turkic *badram (“feast”).
Nişanyan and Clauson suggests a borrowing from Iranian source, despite Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk stating a Turkic etymology. See the reconstruction page for more.
Alternatively, related to Proto-Mongolic *bayar (“joy”), whence also Mongolian баяр (bajar).
Cognate with Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm),
Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Khakas пайрам (payram), Bashkir байрам (bayram), Azerbaijani bayram, etc.

Sentences

Nasıldı bu bayram ?

How was the holiday?