The Arabic CalendarAnd The Arabic Time
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Arabic calendar or Islamic calendar (also Muslim, Hijrah or Hijri calendar) is a lunar calendar, different from the Gregorian western one.
Although people in Arabic countries use Gregorian/ western calendar in their daily life, the Arabic Islamic calendar is the one used to observe Muslim holidays.
Now, before talking about the Arabic calendar or the Islamic calendar, please allow me to tell you the names of the days in Arabic, and how to pronounce them properly.
Time In Arabic
Here are the days of the week in Arabic:أيام الأسبوع ENGLISH ------------- | ------------ ARABIC
And again, before talking about the Arabic or Islamic calendar, let me take the chance to tell you the names of the months in Arabic, months of the Gregorian western calendar (what Arabic people use in their daily life). The Months In Arabic
Here are the names of the months in the Arabic language, almost identical to the English names: (Note: Syria, Iraq and Lebanon use different names). ENGLISH ------------- | ------------ ARABIC
And here are some essential Arabic words about Time you will need while you are learning Arabic.
The Arabic calendar or Islamic calendar
Arabic calendar or Islamic Calendar is a Lunar calander used to observe the Muslim holidays and festivals, such as Ramadan the Muslim Holy month, and Lilato'l Qadr ( the night known as: 'a night better than a thousand months') ...etc.
As I told you in the beginning, the Arabic/Islamic calendar is also called Hijrah or Hijri calendar, and there is a reson for that. After the Prophet Mohammed died, the Muslim Khalifa (leader) Omar Ibn Al Khttab realized that, with the spread of Islam, there is a need for a special calendar to observe the Muslim times and events....
The result was this Arabic Islamic calendar. It was called Hijrah or Hijri calendar (Hijrah is an Arabic word that means: immigration) because, it starts with the year that the Prophet Mohammed immigrated from Mecca to Maddina. This Arabic calendar or the Islamic calendar is a 12 months lunar one, with approximately 354 days; the month is either 29 or 30 days. The difference between this calendar and the Gregorian is approx. 11 days. Here are the Islamic months of the Arabic or Islamic calendar and how to pronounce them properly: التقويم الهجري
The last and most important thing to know about the Arabic calendar or the Islamic calendar ( and let's call it Hijri calendar from now on) is, how to match it with the Gregorian western calendar? The answer is: 24th of April 2009 AD = 28th Rabi' al-awwal 1430 H (Hijri) To familiarize yourself with reading, writing and pronunciation of the Arabic language, please visit:
The Arabic Alphabet.
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