n.
The second month of the year in the Jewish calendar.
[Hebrew ḥešwān, short for marḥešwān, from Akkadian araḫsamnu, waraḫsamnu, a month name : arḫu, warḫu, month + samnu, eighth (from samāne, eight).]
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