Sha'ban

Sha'·ban also Shaa·ban  (sh-bän, shä-, shô-)

n.

The eighth month of the year in the Islamic calendar. See Table at calendar.

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[Arabic a'bn, perhaps from a'aba, to gather, disperse; see b in Semitic roots.]

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Noun

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Sha'ban - the eighth month of the Islamic calendar Shaaban Islamic calendar, Mohammedan calendar, Moslem calendar, Muhammadan calendar, Muslim calendar - the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years Islamic calendar month - any lunar month in the Muslim calendar