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Definition of Islamic calendar
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Lunar Calendar
Terms within: Islamic Calendar Month, Moharram, Muharram, Muharrum, Safar, Saphar, Rabi I, Rabi Ii, Jomada I, Jumada I, Jomada Ii, Jumada Ii, Rajab, Sha'ban, Shaaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu Al-qadah, Dhu'l-qa'dah, Dhu Al-hijja, Dhu Al-hijjah, Dhu'l-hijja, Dhu'l-hijjah
Definition of Islamic calendar
1. Proper noun. A calendar system deviding the year into twelve months. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Islamic Calendar
Literary usage of Islamic calendar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mohammed and the Rise of Islam by David Samuel Margoliouth (1905)
"For the first nine years of Islam these tables are somewhat misleading, since
they assume that the pre-Islamic calendar was purely lunar, whereas it is ..."
2. Women and the Glorious Qur'an: An Analytical Study of Women-related Verses by Gunawan Adnan (2004)
"... Abu Hanifa was born in Kufa in the 80th year of the Islamic calendar (hijra).
His complete name was Imam Abu Hanifa Nu'man ibn Thabit ibn ..."
3. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei by Karl-Heinz Reger (1997)
"Islamic Holidays According to the Islamic calendar, which starts with Mohammed's
flight from Mecca on July 16. 622 AD and is based on the cycle of the ..."
4. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"... so one reads in the newspapers: The Islamic calendar follows the movements of
the moon, making the beginnings of the months and holidays fluid. ..."
5. Veiled Mysteries of Egypt and the Religion of Islam by S. H. Leeder (1913)
"... procession is one of the favourite sights to foreign visitors to Cairo ; when,
by the Islamic calendar, the date allows it to fall in the winter season. ..."
6. The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule by Audrey L. Altstadt (1992)
"... dated its leaflets by the Islamic calendar,44 illustrating the diversity of
both secular and religious leadership. At a special conference of Caucasian ..."
7. Mohammed and the Rise of Islam by David Samuel Margoliouth (1905)
"For the first nine years of Islam these tables are somewhat misleading, since
they assume that the pre-Islamic calendar was purely lunar, whereas it is ..."
8. Women and the Glorious Qur'an: An Analytical Study of Women-related Verses by Gunawan Adnan (2004)
"... Abu Hanifa was born in Kufa in the 80th year of the Islamic calendar (hijra).
His complete name was Imam Abu Hanifa Nu'man ibn Thabit ibn ..."
9. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei by Karl-Heinz Reger (1997)
"Islamic Holidays According to the Islamic calendar, which starts with Mohammed's
flight from Mecca on July 16. 622 AD and is based on the cycle of the ..."
10. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"... so one reads in the newspapers: The Islamic calendar follows the movements of
the moon, making the beginnings of the months and holidays fluid. ..."
11. Veiled Mysteries of Egypt and the Religion of Islam by S. H. Leeder (1913)
"... procession is one of the favourite sights to foreign visitors to Cairo ; when,
by the Islamic calendar, the date allows it to fall in the winter season. ..."
12. The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule by Audrey L. Altstadt (1992)
"... dated its leaflets by the Islamic calendar,44 illustrating the diversity of
both secular and religious leadership. At a special conference of Caucasian ..."
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