lesser bairam

1 definition found

lesser bairam - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bairam \Bai*ram"\, n. [Turk. ba["i]r[=a]m.]
     Either of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one (the Lesser Bairam
     ) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and
     the other (the Greater Bairam) seventy days after the fast.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]