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DHU'L-HIJJA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years
Synonyms:
Dhu'l-Hijja; Dhu'l-Hijjah; Dhu al-Hijja; Dhu al-Hijjah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Dhu'l-Hijja" is a kind of...):
Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)
Holonyms ("Dhu'l-Hijja" is a part of...):
Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar (the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years)