Etymology

Sha'ban

Today it means: The eighth month of the Islamic calendar. Full definition →

Arabic شَعْبَان
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromشَعْبَان
  2. English todaySha'ban

Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān), from شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”).

Words from the same roots

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