Tammuz

Tam·muz also Tham·muz  (tämz)

n.

The tenth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

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[Hebrew tammz; akin to Iraqi Arabic tabbz, July, both ultimately from Sumerian dumu-zi, Dumuzi, a dying and rising shepherd god : dumu, son, offspring + zi, true, effective.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Tammuz - the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July) Thammuz Hebrew calendar, Jewish calendar - (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar
	2.	Tammuz - Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna Dumuzi