Palm Sunday

English

Etymology

From the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion. Originally Old English Palmsunnandæg or palm-sunnandæg. The current spelling dates to the 17th century.

Noun

Palm Sunday (plural Palm Sundays)

The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.

Synonyms

Branch Sunday (UK, obsolete); Fig Sunday; Flowering Sunday; Passion Sunday (rare, inexact)

Translations

Sunday before Easter

Armenian: Ծաղկազարդ (Caġkazard)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܐܘܿܫܲܥܢܹ̈ܐ m (ʿēdā d-ošaʿnē)
Basque: Erramu Igandea
Bulgarian: цветница (bg) f (cvetnica)
Catalan: Diumenge de Rams
Danish: palmesøndag c
Dutch: Palmzondag (nl) m
Esperanto: palmodimanĉo, palmofesto (eo) m
Ewe: Debaya Kɔsiɖa
Faroese: pálmasunnudagur m
Finnish: palmusunnuntai (fi)
French: dimanche des Rameaux (fr) m
Galician: Domingo de Ramos
Georgian: ბზობა (ka) (bzoba)
German: Palmsonntag (de) m, Sonntag Palmarum m, Palmarum-Sonntag m, Palmarum (de) m, Palmtag m
Greek: Κυριακή των Βαΐων (el) f (Kyriakí ton Vaḯon)
Hungarian: virágvasárnap (hu)
Icelandic: pálmasunnudagur (is) m
Ido: palmo-sundio
Indonesian: Minggu Palma
Ingrian: Urpipäivä, Verba
Irish: Domhnach na Pailme m
Italian: Domenica delle Palme (it) f
Latvian: Pūpolu diena
Low German:
German Low German: Palmsünndag m
Macedonian: Цве́тници f pl (Cvétnici)
Maltese: Ħadd il-Palm
Norman: Desmanche des Rameaux m (Guernsey), Dînmanche des Rameaux m (Jersey), Pâque flieuthie f (Jersey), Pâques flleuries f pl (continental Normandy)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: palmesøndag (no) m

Nynorsk: palmesundag m, palmesøndag m
Old English: Palmsunnandæġ m
Old Norse: palmasunnudagr m, palmadróttinsdagr m
Polish: Niedziela Palmowa (pl) f
Portuguese: Domingo de Ramos (pt) m
Romanian: Duminica Floriilor f
Russian: ве́рбное воскресе́нье n (vérbnoje voskresénʹje)
Scottish Gaelic: Didòmhnaich Tùrnais m, Didòmhnaich Shlat-phailme m
Spanish: domingo de ramos
Swedish: palmsöndag (sv) c
Tagalog: Linggo ng Palaspas, Linggo-de-Ramos
Udi: заьраьзаьртаьр (zäräzärtär)
Urdu: کھجور کا اتوار

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