menarche

Etymology
First attested 1900, from, formed from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period.

Translations

 * Basque: menarkia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 初經
 * Finnish: menarke
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: fyrstu tíðir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, пе́рвая менструа́ция
 * Spanish: menarquia
 * Swedish: menarche
 * Tagalog: abot-tubo