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    MOHAMMEDAN CALENDAR

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 yearsplay

    Synonyms:

    Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("Mohammedan calendar" is a kind of...):

    lunar calendar (a calendar based on lunar cycles)

    Meronyms (parts of "Mohammedan calendar"):

    Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)

    Moharram; Muharram; Muharrum (the first month of the Islamic calendar)

    Safar; Saphar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)

    Rabi I (the third month of the Islamic calendar)

    Rabi II (the fourth month of the Islamic calendar)

    Jomada I; Jumada I (the fifth month of the Islamic calendar)

    Jomada II; Jumada II (the sixth month of the Islamic calendar)

    Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar)

    Sha'ban; Shaaban (the eighth month of the Islamic calendar)

    Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith)

    Shawwal (the tenth month of the Islamic calendar)

    Dhu'l-Qa'dah; Dhu al-Qadah (the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar)

    Dhu'l-Hijja; Dhu'l-Hijjah; Dhu al-Hijja; Dhu al-Hijjah (the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years)

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