adjective noun of summer, summerly, the summer season AN.iv.138 (+ hemanta & vassa); Snp.233 (gimhānamāse); Vv-a.40 (variant reading). On terms for seasons in gen. cp. Mil trsl. ii.113.

orig. gen. pl. of gimhā = gimhānaṃ, fr. combination gimhāna(ṃ) māse, in a month of summer