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Tish⋅ri

  [tish-ree, -rey]
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–noun
the first month of the Jewish calendar.

Origin:
< Heb tishrī
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Tish·ri   (tĭsh'rē, -rā)   
n.  The first month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Hebrew tišrî, from Akkadian tašrītu, beginning, a month name, from šurrû, to begin; see šry in Semitic roots.]
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