شوال

See also: سؤال and سوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش و ل (š-w-l)

Supposedly named because the she-camels begin to raise their tails during this time after giving birth.

Proper noun

شَوَّال • (šawwāl) m (plural شَوَّالَات (šawwālāt) or شَوَاوِيل (šawāwīl))

  1. Shawwal, the tenth of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.
Declension
Synonyms
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)

    Noun

    شُوَال • (šuwāl) m (plural شُوَالَات (šuwālāt))

    1. alternative form of جُوَال (juwāl, sack)
    Declension
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