Tishrei - Other Uses

Other Uses

  • Tishrīn (Arabic: تشرين‎) is the name of two Gregorian months in the Levant:
    • Tishrīn al-Awwal (Arabic: تشرين الأول, literally "First Tishrin"): October. The 1973 Yom Kippur War is generally known by the name Ḥarb Tishrīn ("October War") in Syria and Lebanon, and among the Palestinians, following the Arab custom of naming the Arab-Israeli wars by months or years.
    • Tishrīn al-Thāni (Arabic: تشرين الثاني, literally "Second Tishrin"): November.

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