Cheshvan

American  

[hesh-vuhn, -vahn, khesh-] / ˈhɛʃ vən, -vɑn, ˈxɛʃ- /

Or Heshvan

noun

1. the second month of the Jewish calendar.

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Cheshvan British  

/ xɛʃˈvan /

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

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Etymology

Origin of Cheshvan

First recorded in 1825–35; from Hebrew kheshvān, shortened from markheshvān, from Akkadian araḫsamnu, waraḫsamnu, literally, “eighth month,” from arḫu(m), warḫu(m) “month, moon” (cognate with Hebrew yārēakh “moon”) + samnu “eighth” (ordinal form of samāne “eight”; cognate with Hebrew shmônāh )