شعبان

Arabic

Root
ش ع ب (š ʕ b)
6 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. Sha'ban, the eighth of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.

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

• → Ottoman Turkish: شعبان (şaban)
  • Turkish: Şaban
• → Chinese: 舍爾邦月 / 舍尔邦月 (Shè'ěrbāngyuè)
• → Swahili: Shaabani

See also

Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʔašhur fī at-taqwīmi al-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)	جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira) 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)

Persian

Etymology

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]

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 (Islamic month)

See also

Islamic calendar months: تقویم هجری قمریedit

• محرم
• صفر
• ربیع‌الاول
• ربیع‌الثانی
• جمادی‌الاول
• جمادی‌الثانی
• رجب
• شعبان
• رمضان
• شوال
• ذی‌القعده
• ذی‌الحجه