شعبان

Arabic

Root
ش ع ب (š ʕ b)
9 terms

Etymology

From شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”). The term literally means "scattered" in Arabic, and is the time when ancient people dispersed to find water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʕ.baːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

شَعْبَان • (šaʕbān) m

1. (Islam) Sha'ban (the eighth month of the Islamic calendar)

Declension

Declension of noun شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	شَعْبَان šaʕbān	—
nominative	—	شَعْبَانُ šaʕbānu	—
accusative	—	شَعْبَانَ šaʕbāna	—
genitive	—	شَعْبَانَ šaʕbāna	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şaban
• → Chagatai: شعبان (šʿbʾn)
  • Uyghur: شەئبان (she'ban)
  • Uzbek: shaʼbon
• → Chinese: 舍爾邦月 / 舍尔邦月 (Shè'ěrbāngyuè)
• → Classical Persian: شَعْبَان (ša'bān)
  • Dari: شَعْبَان (ša'bān)
  • Iranian Persian: شَعْبان (ša'bân)
  • Tajik: шаъбон (ša'bon)
• → English: Sha'ban
• → French: chaabane
• → Ottoman Turkish: شعبان (şaban)
  • Turkish: şaban
• → Swahili: Shaabani

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)

• آب (ʔāb)
• أَغُسْطُس (ʔaḡusṭus)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān).

Noun

شعبان • (şaʿban)

1. (Islam) Sha'ban (the eighth month of the Islamic calendar)

Descendants

• Turkish: şaban

See also

Hijri calendar months in Ottoman Turkish (layout · text)

Muharram	Safar	Rabi I	Rabi II
محرم (muharrem)	صفر (safer)	ربیع الاول (rebiʿü'l-evvel)	ربیع الآخر (rebiʿü'l-ahır) ربیع الثانی (rebiʿü's-sani)
Jumada I	Jumada II	Rajab	Sha'ban
جمادی الاولی (cümada'l-ula) or جمادی الاول (cemaziyü'l-evvel)	جمادی الآخره (cümada'l-ahıre) or جمادی الآخر (cemaziyü'l-ahır) جمادی الثانیه (cümada's-saniye) or جمادی الثانی (cemaziyü's-sani)	رجب (receb)	شعبان (şaʿban)
Ramadan	Shawwal	Dhu'l-Qa'da	Dhu'l-Hijja
رمضان (ramazan)	شوال (şevval)	ذی القعده (zi'l-kaʿde)	ذی الحجه (zi'l-hicce)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃaʔ.ˈbaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäʔ.bɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäʔ.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.bɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæʔ.bɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäʔ.bɔ́n]

• Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading?	ša'bān
Dari reading?	ša'bān
Iranian reading?	ša'bân
Tajik reading?	ša'bon

Noun

شعبان • (ša'bān / ša'bân) (Tajik spelling шаъбон)

1. (Islam) Sha'ban (the eighth month of the Islamic calendar)

See also

Lunar Hijri calendar months: ماه‌های تقویم هجری قمریedit

• محرم (muharram / moharram)
• صفر (safar)
• ربیع‌الاول (rabī'u-l-awwal / rabi'o-l-avval)
• ربیع‌الثانی (rabī'u-s-sānī / rabi'o-s-sâni), ربیع‌الآخر (rabī'u-l-'āxir / rabi'o-l-'âxer)
• جمادی‌الاول (jamādiyu-l-awwal / jamâdiyo-l-avval)
• جمادی‌الثانی (jamādiyu-s-sānī / jamâdiyo-s-sâni), جمادی‌الآخر (jamādiyu-l-'āxir / jamâdiyo-l-'âxer)
• رجب (rajab)
• شعبان (ša'bān / ša'bân)
• رمضان (ramazān / ramazân)
• شوال (šawwāl / šavvâl)
• ذی‌القعده (zī-l-qa'da / zi-l-ġa'de)
• ذی‌الحجه (zī-l-hijja / zi-l-hejje)