Meanings
- IslamThe fifth month of the Islamic calendar.
After that, on the 1st of First Jumada, we arrived at the city of al-Iskandariyah, may God protect her!
1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 83 more examples
According to Ibn Ḥumayd—Salamah—Ibn Isḥāq: After the Messenger of God had returned to Medina from Dhāt al-Riqā‘, he remained there for the rest of Jumādā al-Ūla, Jumādā al-Ākhirah, and Rajab (late October 62 5 to early January 626).
1987, MV McDonald, History of al-Tabari Vol. 7, page 165During the night and following day of 11 Jumadda I, there was an earthquake in Zabid and its districts; tremors continued day and night and the people were alarmed.
1994, N. N. Ambraseys, C. P. Melville, R. D. Adams, The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea, page 52A pigeon-post was delivered to Damascus on Wednesday, Jumādā I 8 (February 11, 1299) with the information of al-Malik al-Nasir's investiture at the Cairo Citadel.
1998, Li Guo, Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography, page 119Synonyms: Jumada'l-Ula, Jumada al-Ula, Jumada-l-Oola, Jumada'l-Awwal, Jumada'l-awwal, Jumada al-Awwal, Jumadi-ul-Awwal, Jamadi-ul-Awwal
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe fifth month of the Islamic calendar.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe fifth month of the Islamic calendar
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Origin
Partial calque of Arabic جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā, “Jumada the First”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جُمَادَى الأُولَى
- جُمَادَى الأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā)fifth month of the Islamic calendar
Chinese Mandarin 主馬達·敖外魯月 /主马达·敖外鲁月
- 主馬達·敖外魯月 /主马达·敖外鲁月 (Zhǔmǎdá-Áowàilǔ yuè)fifth month of the Islamic calendar
French djoumada Iᵉʳ
- djoumada Iᵉʳfifth month of the Islamic calendar
Japanese ジュマーダー・アル゠ウーラー
- ジュマーダー・アル゠ウーラー (Jumādā aru-Ūrā)fifth month of the Islamic calendar
Malay Jamadilawal, Jamadil Awal
- Jamadilawalfifth month of the Islamic calendar
- Jamadil Awalfifth month of the Islamic calendar
Turkish cemaziyelevvel
- cemaziyelevvelfifth month of the Islamic calendar
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Jumada I. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jumada%20I
“Jumada I.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jumada%20I. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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