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Cheshvan
or ·
[ hesh-vuhn, -vahn, khesh- ]
Cheshvan
/ ɛʃˈ /
noun
- (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 Also calledMarcheshvan
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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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Origin of Cheshvan1
from Hebrew
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