شعبان

Arabic
Root
ش ع ب (š-ʕ-b)

Etymology

From شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”). The term literally means "scattered" in Arabic, and is the time when ancient people dispersed to find water.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaʕ.baːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

شَعْبَان • (šaʕbān) m

  1. Sha'ban, the eighth of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.

Declension
Declension of noun شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — شَعْبَان
šaʕbān		 —
Nominative — شَعْبَانُ
šaʕbānu		 —
Accusative — شَعْبَانَ
šaʕbāna		 —
Genitive — شَعْبَانَ
šaʕbāna		 —

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شعبان (şaban)
  • → Chinese: 舍爾邦月／舍尔邦月 (Shè'ěrbāngyuè)
  • → Swahili: Shaabani

See also
    Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʔašhur fī at-taqwīmi al-hijriyy) (layout · text)
    Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
    اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram)
    مُحَرَّم (muḥarram)    		 صَفَر (ṣafar) رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal) رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
    رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
    Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
    جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā) جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira)
    جُمَادَى الثَّانِي (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī)    		 رَجَب (rajab) شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)
    Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
    رَمَضَان (ramaḍān) شَوَّال (šawwāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda) ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)
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