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Cheshvan

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[hesh-vuhn, -vahn, khesh-]

noun

  1. the second month of the Jewish calendar.



Cheshvan

/ ɛʃˈ /

noun

  1. Also called: Marcheshvan.(in the Jewish calendar) the eighth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the second month of the civil year, usually falling within October and November

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cheshvan1

First recorded in 1825–35; from Hebrew , shortened from mar, from Akkadian araḫsamnu, waraḫsamnu, literally, “eighth month,” from arḫu(m), warḫu(m) “month, moon” (cognate with Hebrew ŧ “moon”) + samnu “eighth” (ordinal form of Ա “eight”; cognate with Hebrew ô )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cheshvan1

from Hebrew

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