fast of av

Questions about fast of av

What does fast of av mean?

fast of av means "(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem".

What is another word for fast of av?

Close synonyms include Tishah b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fast of av a common word?

fast of av is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.