ذو الحجة

See also: ذو الحجه and ذوالحجه

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “the one [month] of the pilgrimage”, since the hajj is done in this month.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðu‿l.ħid͡ʒ.d͡ʒa/

Proper noun

ذُو الْحِجَّة • (ḏū l-ḥijja) m

1. (Islam) Dhu'l-Hijja (the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, during which the hajj takes place)

Declension

Declension of noun ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

singular	singular long construct
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	ذُو الْحِجَّة ḏū l-ḥijja	—
nominative	—	ذُو الْحِجَّةِ ḏū l-ḥijjati	—
accusative	—	ذَا الْحِجَّةِ ḏā l-ḥijjati	—
genitive	—	ذِي الْحِجَّةِ ḏī l-ḥijjati	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zilhiccə
• → Chagatai: ذو الحجه (ẕw ʾlḥjh)
  • Uyghur: زۇلھىججە (zulhijje)
  • Uzbek: zulhijja
• → Classical Persian: ذُوالْحِجَّه (zū-l-hijja)
  • Tajik: зулҳиҷҷа (zulhijja)
• → English: Dhu'l-Hijja
• → French: dhoul-hidja
• → Iranian Persian: ذی‌الْحِجِّه (zi-l-hejje), ذیحِجِّه (zihejje)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذی الحجه (zi'l-hicce)
  • Turkish: zilhicce
  • → English: (obsolete) Zilhijjé, Zilhijjeh, Zilhidjeh
  • → French: (obsolete) zilhidjé

See also

Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي ٱلتَّقْوِيمِ ٱلْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʔašhur fī t-taqwīmi l-hijriyy) (layout · text)

Muharram	Safar	Rabi I	Rabi II
اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram) مُحَرَّم (muḥarram)	صَفَر (ṣafar)	رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal)	رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir) رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
Jumada I	Jumada II	Rajab	Sha'ban
جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā) (or جُمَادَى الْأَوَّل (jumādā l-ʔawwal))	جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira) (or جُمَادَى الْآخِر (jumādā l-ʔāḵir)) جُمَادَى الثَّانِيَة (jumādā ṯ-ṯāniya) (or جُمَادَى الثَّانِي (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī))	رَجَب (rajab)	شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)
Ramadan	Shawwal	Dhu'l-Qa'da	Dhu'l-Hijja
رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)	شَوَّال (šawwāl)	ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda)	ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

• كَانُون الْأَوَّل (kānūn al-ʔawwal)
• دِسَمْبَر (disambar)