Tam·muz also Tham·muz  (tä'mŏŏz)  n. The tenth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar. [Hebrew tammūz; akin to Iraqi Arabic tabbūz, July, both ultimately from Sumerian dumu-zi, Dumuzi, a dying and rising shepherd god : dumu, son, offspring + zi, true, effective.] |