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- Hebrew · borrowed fromרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
- English todayRosh Hashanah
From Hebrew רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (rosh hashaná, literally “head of the year”). Compare Yiddish ראָש־השנה (ròsh-(h)ashóne), Arabic رأس السنة (raʔs as-sana).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.