Meanings
- IslamThe fourth month of the Islamic calendar.
On 3 Rabi‘ al-Thani 1414H (20 September 1993AD), Ibn Baz responded to Naif's official letter.
2011, Mansoor Jassem Alshamsi, Islam and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia, page 1192 more examples
I witnessed at the time of the Great Plague at Damascus in the latter part of the month of Second Rabi of the year 749 a remarkable instance of the veneration of the people of Damascus for this mosque.
1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 41The first and primary issue that he addressed was the status of the single, revocable repudiation that al-Haskuri had issued on 12 Rabī‘ II 714/26 July 1314.
2002, David S. Powers, Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500, page 61Synonyms: Rabi al-Akhir, Rabi-ul-Akhir, Rabi-ul-akhir, Rabi al-Thani, Rabi‘ al-Thani, Rabi-us-sani, Rabee-ul-thani, Rabi Second
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe fourth month of the Islamic calendar.
Origin
Partial calque of Arabic رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī), رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَبِيع الآخِر, رَبِيع الثَّانِي
- رَبِيع الآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)fourth month of the Islamic calendar
- رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)fourth month of the Islamic calendar
Chinese Mandarin 賴比爾·阿色尼月 /赖比尔·阿色尼月
- 賴比爾·阿色尼月 /赖比尔·阿色尼月 (Làibǐ'ěr-Āsèní yuè)fourth month of the Islamic calendar
French rabi II
- rabi IIfourth month of the Islamic calendar
Indonesian Rabiulakhir
- Rabiulakhirfourth month of the Islamic calendar
Japanese ラビーア・アッ゠サーニー, ラビーア・アル゠アーヒル
- ラビーア・アッ゠サーニー (Rabīa as-Sānī)fourth month of the Islamic calendar
- ラビーア・アル゠アーヒル (Rabīa aru-Āhiru)fourth month of the Islamic calendar
Malay Rabiulakhir, Rabiul Akhir
- Rabiulakhirfourth month of the Islamic calendar
- Rabiul Akhirfourth month of the Islamic calendar
Turkish rebiyülahir
- rebiyülahirfourth month of the Islamic calendar
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Rabi II. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rabi%20II
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