Kalmar "Shavous" (wanda kuma aka rubuta "Shavuot") kalma ce ta Ibrananci da ke nufin hutun Yahudawa, wanda kuma aka sani da idin makonni ko Fentikos. A cikin Ibrananci, "Shavous" yana nufin "makonni," yana nufin kirga makonni bakwai (ko kwanaki 49) daga rana ta biyu na Idin Ƙetarewa zuwa ranar hutu na Shavous. Wannan biki na tunawa da bayar da Attaura ga Yahudawa a Dutsen Sinai kuma Yahudawa a duk faɗin duniya suna yin bikin ta hanyar addu'a, nazari, da kuma abincin biki.