Sha'aban
English
Alternative forms
- Sha'ban, Shaaban
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʿbān), from شَعَبَ (šaʿaba, “to scatter, to disperse”).
Proper noun
Sha'aban
- The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
- 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 19:
- They go out also to spend the night there on the night if mid-Sha'ban, and the market people take out all kinds of eatables.
- 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 19:
Translations
eighth month of the Islamic calendar
See also
- (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijjah (Category: en:Islamic months)
Hausa
See also
(Islamic calendar months) wata; Muharram, Safar, Rabi'u Lawwal, Rabi'u Lahir, Jimada Lawwal, Jimada Lahir, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramalan, Shawwal, Zulƙida, Zulhajji (Category: ha:Islamic months)
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