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”)
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