hanukkiahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Ashkenazi) IPA: /ˌxɑːnʊˈkiːə/, /h-/, /-əˈ-/
• IPA: /xɑːnuːkiːˈ(j)ɑː/, /h-/, /xə-/

名詞

hanukkiah (plural hanukkiahs or hanukkiot or hanukkioth)

1. (Judaism) A nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah.
   • 2005 December 23, Jonathan Safran Foer, “A Beginner's Guide to Hanukkah”, in The New York Times‎:

     Some might say that the hanukkiah is decorations, but it isn't; the hanukkiah is a ceremonial object, with specific, non-decorative purposes. Perhaps the Stars of David that many string about are appropriate Jewish decoration?

   • 2010 November 17, Rima Suqi, quoting Daniel Libeskind, “Daniel Libeskind on a New Show of Menorahs”, in The New York Times‎:

     As a child of Holocaust survivors, there was nothing, no family relics. The celebration was very modest, with a very small hanukkiah, and my mother was a great maker of latkes. I now luckily have many different kinds of hanukkiahs.

   • [2023 December 7, Jacey Fortin, “For Some, the Symbols of Hanukkah Bring Extra Concern This Year”, in The New York Times‎:

     The candelabras lit on Hanukkah are technically called hanukkiahs. They have eight candles plus one more, a shamash, that is used for lighting the others.]

参考

• shamash