Tishri

[ tish-ree, -rey ]

noun
  1. the first month of the Jewish calendar.

Origin of Tishri

1
From the Hebrew word tishrī

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Tishri

/ (tɪʃˈriː) /


noun
  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the seventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the first month of the civil year, usually falling within September and October

Origin of Tishri

1
from Hebrew

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