ذو القعدة

Arabic

Etymology

A compound of ذو (possessor of, owner of) + ال (al, definite article) + قَعْدَة (qaʿda, sitting place), with the third element from ق ع د (q ʿ d, to sit), literally meaning "the possessor of the sitting place". Here, "sitting place" refers to making truces, since wars were forbidden in this month.

Proper noun

ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʿda) m

  1. Dhu'l-Qa'da, the eleventh of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.

Declension

See also

    Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʾašhur fī t-taqwīmi l-hijriyy) (layout · text)
    Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
    اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram)
    مُحَرَّم (muḥarram)
    صَفَر (ṣafar) رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʿ al-ʾawwal) رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʿ al-ʾāḵir)
    رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʿ aṯ-ṯānī)
    Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
    جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʾūlā) جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʾāḵira)
    جُمَادَى الثَّانِي (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī)
    رَجَب (rajab) شَعْبَان (šaʿbān)
    Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
    رَمَضَان (ramaḍān) شَوَّال (šawwāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʿda) ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)
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