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ISLAMIC CALENDAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Islamic calendar" is a kind of...):
lunar calendar (a calendar based on lunar cycles)
Meronyms (parts of "Islamic calendar"):
Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)
Moharram; Muharram; Muharrum (the first month of the Islamic calendar)
Safar; Saphar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)
Rabi I (the third month of the Islamic calendar)
Rabi II (the fourth month of the Islamic calendar)
Jomada I; Jumada I (the fifth month of the Islamic calendar)
Jomada II; Jumada II (the sixth month of the Islamic calendar)
Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar)
Sha'ban; Shaaban (the eighth month of the Islamic calendar)
Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith)
Shawwal (the tenth month of the Islamic calendar)
Dhu'l-Qa'dah; Dhu al-Qadah (the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar)
Dhu'l-Hijja; Dhu'l-Hijjah; Dhu al-Hijja; Dhu al-Hijjah (the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years)
