Islamic calendar

proper noun

A calendar system associated with Islamic culture, dividing the year into twelve months.

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Muslim calendarHijri calendarMuhammadan calendarMohammedan calendarMoslem calendar
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. IslamA calendar system associated with Islamic culture, dividing the year into twelve months.

    Synonyms: Muslim calendar, Hijri calendar

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA calendar system associated with Islamic culture, dividing the year into twelve months.

Similar
Muslim calendarHijri calendar

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe 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

Similar
Muhammadan calendarMohammedan calendarMoslem calendarMuslim calendar
Broader
lunar calendar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic التَّقْوِيم الْهِجْرِيّ
  • التَّقْوِيم الْهِجْرِيّ (at-taqwīm al-hijriyy)Translations
Bengali হিজরি তারিখ, ইসলামি তারিখ
  • হিজরি তারিখ (hijri tarikh)Translations
  • ইসলামি তারিখ (islami tarikh)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 伊斯蘭曆 /伊斯兰历, 回曆 /回历
  • 伊斯蘭曆 /伊斯兰历 (Yīsīlánlì)Translations
  • 回曆 /回历 (Huílì)Translations
  • 伊斯蘭教曆 /伊斯兰教历 (Yīsīlánjiàolì)Translations
French calendrier hégirien
  • calendrier hégirienTranslations
German Islamischer Kalender
  • Islamischer KalenderTranslations
Punjabi ਇਸਲਾਮੀ ਕਲੰਡਰ
  • ਇਸਲਾਮੀ ਕਲੰਡਰ (isalāmī kalaṇḍar)Translations
Swahili Kalenda ya Kiislamu
  • Kalenda ya KiislamuTranslations
Turkish hicri takvim
  • hicri takvimTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

Islamic calendar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamic%20calendar

MLA

“Islamic calendar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamic%20calendar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamic calendar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamic%20calendar.

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