ܡܪܚܫܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic מַרְחֶשְׁוָן (marḥešwān), from Akkadian 𒌗𒀳 (^itiwaraḫsamnu, literally “the eighth month”). Later displaced by ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mar.xɪʃ.waːn]

Proper noun

ܡܲܪܚܸܫܘܵܢ • (marḥišwān) m

1. (obsolete) eighth month of the Assyrian calendar; November

   Synonym: ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā)

2. Cheshvan (second month of the Jewish calendar of twenty-nine or thirty days)

   Coordinate terms: ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ (tišrīn, “Tishrei”), ܟܸܠܣܹܘ (kilsēw, “Kislev”)