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