| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Tammuz |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Tam·muz |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tä m z |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Tham·muz |
| NOUN: | The tenth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See table at calendar. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew tamm z; 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.
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