Etymology

Laba Festival

Today it means: A moveable Chinese festival day occurring between December 30th and January 28th on the Gregorian calendar, historically variously associated with propitiatory end-of-year sacrifices, ancestral veneration, and the Enlightenment of the Buddha, now chiefly observed by the consumption of Laba porridge. Full definition →

Chinese 臘八節 /腊八节
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  1. Chinese · borrowed from臘八節 /腊八节
  2. English todayLaba Festival

A partial calque of the Mandarin form of Chinese 臘八節 /腊八节 (Làbājié), named for its occurrence on the 8th day (八) of the 12th month of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, sometimes known by the name Là (臘月) from an ancient end-of-year sacrifice.

Words from the same roots

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