Rajab

See also: rajab

English

Etymology

From Arabic رَجَب (rajab, “respect”).

Proper noun

Rajab (plural Rajabs)

1. The seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 5:

     My departure from Tangier, my birthplace, took place on Thursday the 2nd of the month of God, Rajab the Unique, in the year 725 […].

Translations

month

• Arabic: رَجَب (ar) m (rajab)
• Bengali: রজব (bn) (rojob)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賴哲卜月 / 赖哲卜月 (zh) (Làizhébǔyuè)

• Hausa: Rajàb m
• Hebrew: רג׳ב
• Hindi: रज्जब (rajjab)
• Indonesian: Rajab
• Japanese: ラジャブ (ja)
• Kazakh: ережеп (erejep)
• Korean: 라자브 (rajabeu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕەجەب (receb)

  Northern Kurdish: Recep (ku)

• Maguindanao: Rejeb
• Malay: Rejab (ms), bulan kenduri apam, bulan Mikraj
• Maranao: Rajab
• Persian: رجب (fa) (rajab)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: реџеп m

  Roman: redžep m

• Sindhi: رجب
• Swahili: Rajabu
• Tajik: раҷаб (rajab)
• Turkish: Recep (tr)
• Urdu: رجب
• Uyghur: رەجەب (rejeb)
• Uzbek: rajab (uz)
• Western Panjabi: رجب (rjb)

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

Anagrams

• bajra

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَجَب (rajab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽá.(d)ʒàb/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽə́.d͡ʒàb]

Proper noun

Rajàb m

1. Rajab

See also

Islamic calendar months: wàtànnīedit

• Muharram
• Safar
• Rabi'u Lawwal
• Rabi'u Lahir
• Jimada Lawwal
• Jimada Lahir
• Rajab
• Sha'aban
• Ramalan
• Shawwal
• Zulƙida
• Zulhajji

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic رَجَب (rajab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrad͡ʒab/ [ˈra.d͡ʒap̚]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒab
• Syllabification: Ra‧jab

Proper noun

Rajab

1. Rajab

   Synonym: Rejab (Malay)

Coordinate terms

Islamic calendar months: bulan-bulan kalender Hijriahedit

• Muharam
• Safar
• Rabiulawal
• Rabiulakhir
• Jumadilawal
• Jumadilakhir
• Rajab
• Syakban
• Ramadan
• Syawal
• Zulkaidah
• Zulhijah

Further reading

• “Rajab”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Maranao

Alternative forms

• Radiyab

Etymology

From Arabic رَجَب (rajab).

Proper noun

Rajab

1. Rajab

See also

Islamic calendar months: bolan o takowim a Ijraedit

• Mokaram
• Sapar
• Rabiyol a Awal
• Rabiyol a Akir
• Jamadil a Awal
• Jamadil a Akir
• Rajab
• Saaban
• Ramadan
• Sawal
• Dolkaida
• Dolkadi