Rabi II

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Arabic رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī), رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir).

Proper noun

Rabi II

2. (Islam) The fourth month of the Islamic calendar.

   Synonyms: Rabi al-Akhir, Rabi-ul-Akhir, Rabi-ul-akhir, Rabi al-Thani, Rabi‘ al-Thani, Rabi-us-sani, Rabee-ul-thani, Rabi Second, Second Rabi

   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 41:

     I witnessed at the time of the Great Plague at Damascus in the latter part of the month of Second Rabi of the year 749 a remarkable instance of the veneration of the people of Damascus for this mosque.

   • 2002, David S. Powers, Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500, page 61:

     The first and primary issue that he addressed was the status of the single, revocable repudiation that al-Haskuri had issued on 12 Rabī‘ II 714/26 July 1314.

   • 2011, Mansoor Jassem Alshamsi, Islam and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia, page 119:

     On 3 Rabi‘ al-Thani 1414H (20 September 1993AD), Ibn Baz responded to Naif's official letter.

Translations

fourth month of the Islamic calendar

• Arabic: رَبِيع الآخِر m (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir), رَبِيع الثَّانِي m (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
• Azerbaijani: rəbiülaxir, rəbiüssani
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賴比爾·阿色尼月 / 赖比尔·阿色尼月 (zh) (Làibǐ'ěr-Āsèní yuè)

• French: rabi II
• Indonesian: Rabiulakhir
• Japanese: ラビーア・アッ゠サーニー (Rabīa as-Sānī), ラビーア・アル゠アーヒル (Rabīa aru-Āhiru)
• Kazakh: рабиғул ахир (rabiğul axir)
• Malay: Rabiulakhir (ms), Rabiul Akhir
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: رَبیعُ‌ٱلثّانی (rabi'o-s-sâni), رَبیعُ‌ٱلْآخِر (rabi'o-l-'âxer)

• Turkish: rebiyülahir (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ربیع الآخر (rebiʿü'l-ahır)

• Uzbek: rabiussoni (uz), rabiuloxir (uz)

See also

Islamic calendar monthsedit

• Muharram
• Safar
• Rabi I
• Rabi II
• Jumada I
• Jumada II
• Rajab
• Sha'ban
• Ramadan
• Shawwal
• Dhu'l-Qa'da
• Dhu'l-Hijja

Further reading

• “Rabi II”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.