Tisri

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tisri \Tis"ri\, n. [Heb. tishr[imac], fr. Chald. sher[=a]' to
     open, to begin.]
     The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
     answering to a part of September with a part of October.
     [1913 Webster]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Tisri
     the first month of the civil year, and the seventh of the
     ecclesiastical year. See {ETHANIM} (1 Kings 8:2). Called
     in the Assyrian inscriptions Tasaritu, i.e. "beginning."