{"id":534,"date":"2010-05-26T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=534"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:23:38","slug":"calendar-months-in-the-arab-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/calendar-months-in-the-arab-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar Months in the Arab World"},"content":{"rendered":"

So what month is it exactly? \u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648 ,\u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631 ,\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0621, or \u0645\u0627\u064a? Well, it depends on who you ask and where you are. <\/strong><\/p>\n

For a multitude of reasons names of calendar months vary across the Arab World. The Gregorian calendar is universally accepted for civil use, but–depending on where you are–you may find Aramaic and Babylonian calendar month names being used. Of course, current date does not change (unless you are in Saudi Arabia where there is a slight twist to that rule–but more on that later); it remains consistent regardless of where in the Arab World you find yourself. However, the names of months do change. This is because some countries, like Syria, for example, have opted to rename Gregorian calendar months after their Aramaic counterparts, which are based on the Babylonian calendar.<\/p>\n

For example, in the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan), the month of May is referred to as \u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631 .\u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631 is the Aramaic name for May. Go further south to Egypt and Sudan and you will find that May is \u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648, as those countries use the Gregorian calendar. Going further west to Algeria and Morocco yields a similar result with a slight variation. \u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648 becomes \u0645\u0627\u064a, which is based on the French names of Gregorian months, betraying both countries’ colonization by France.<\/p>\n

There are exceptions that deviate from the above patterns: Libya’s calendar months are derived from various sources, chosen and assembled by it’s eccentric leader Mu’amar al-Ghaddafi. May in Libya is \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0621, which means “water.” The other exception is Saudi Arabia where you will find Islamic calendar months are the norm, used concurrently with Gregorian ones. May in Saudi Arabia is either \u062c\u0645\u0627\u062f\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644 or \u062c\u0645\u0627\u062f\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a depending on what part of May you find yourself in. This is because the Islamic calendar dates lack Gregorian equivalents. According to the Islamic calendar, today’s date is the 11th of \u062c\u0645\u0627\u062f\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a, year 1431. The first year of the Islamic calendar is based on the year in which the Prophet Mohamad left the city of Mecca and headed to Medina, 622CE.<\/p>\n

I’ve included two lists below of Aramaic and Gregorian month names in Arabic.
\nAramaic calendar months used in the Levant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/th>\nMonth<\/th>\nArabic Name<\/th>\nIn Arabic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJanuary<\/td>\n\u0643\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/td>\nK\u0101n\u016bn al-Th\u0101n\u012b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nFebruary<\/td>\n\u0634\u0628\u0627\u0637<\/td>\n\u0160ub\u0101\u1e6d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMarch<\/td>\n\u0622\u0630\u0627\u0631<\/td>\n‘\u0100d\u0101r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\n\u0646\u064a\u0633\u0627\u0646<\/td>\nN\u012bs\u0101n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMay<\/td>\n\u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631<\/td>\n‘Ayy\u0101r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJune<\/td>\n\u062d\u0632\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/td>\n\u1e24az\u012br\u0101n \/ \u1e24uzayr\u0101n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nJuly<\/td>\n\u062a\u0645\u0648\u0632<\/td>\nTamm\u016bz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAugust<\/td>\n\u0622\u0628<\/td>\n‘\u0100b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nSeptember<\/td>\n\u0623\u064a\u0644\u0648\u0644<\/td>\nAyl\u016bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nOctober<\/td>\n\u062a\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644<\/td>\nTi\u0161r\u012bn al-Awwal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nNovember<\/td>\n\u062a\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/td>\nTi\u0161r\u012bn al-Th\u0101n\u012b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nDecember<\/td>\n\u0643\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644<\/td>\nK\u0101n\u016bn al-Awwal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Gregorian calendar months used throughout the Arab World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/th>\nMonth<\/th>\nArabic Name<\/th>\nIn Arabic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJanuary<\/td>\n\u064a\u0646\u0627\u064a\u0631<\/td>\nyan\u0101yir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nFebruary<\/td>\n\u0641\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0631<\/td>\nfibr\u0101yir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMarch<\/td>\n\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0633<\/td>\nm\u0101ris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\n\u0623\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0644\/\u0625\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0644<\/td>\nabr\u012bl\/ibr\u012bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMay<\/td>\n\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648<\/td>\nm\u0101y\u016b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJune<\/td>\n\u064a\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0648\/\u064a\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0647<\/td>\ny\u016bny\u016b\/y\u016bnya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nJuly<\/td>\n\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648\/\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0647<\/td>\ny\u016bly\u016b\/y\u016blia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAugust<\/td>\n\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633<\/td>\na\u0121ustus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nSeptember<\/td>\n\u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631<\/td>\nsibtambir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nOctober<\/td>\n\u0623\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631<\/td>\nukt\u016bbar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nNovember<\/td>\n\u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631<\/td>\nn\u016bfambir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nDecember<\/td>\n\u062f\u064a\u0633\u0645\u0628\u0631<\/td>\nd\u012bsambir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Arabic names of calendar months – wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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