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Feb 28, 2012

how to say "calendar" in Hebrew


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לוּחַ שָׁנָה






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This term means calendar when speaking of a full calendar of twelve months. The term is לוּחַ שָׁנָה (LOO-ahkh shah-NAH), meaning literally, board of a year.


To mean daily planner, you'd use the word יוֹמָן (yoh-MAHN), from the word יוֹם (yohm) meaning day. יומן is also used to mean journal or diary.



To mean timetable, you'd use the term לוח זְמָנִים (LOO-ahkh zeh-mah-NEEM), literally, board of times. Israelis often abbreviate the term to לוּ"ז (looz).


Both יומן and לו"ז can mean schedule.



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