Rajab

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proper noun

The seventh month of the Islamic calendar.

OriginArabic رَجَب →
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Meanings

proper nounRajab (plural Rajabs)

plural Rajabs

  1. IslamThe seventh month of the Islamic calendar.

    My departure from Tangier, my birthplace, took place on Thursday the 2nd of the month of God, Rajab the Unique, in the year 725 […].

    1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 5

Origin

  1. Arabicرَجَب“respect”
  2. EnglishRajab

From Arabic رَجَب (rajab, “respect”).

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Translations

Arabic رَجَب
  • رَجَب (rajab)month
Bengali রজব
  • রজব (rojob)month
Chinese Mandarin 賴哲卜月 /赖哲卜月
  • 賴哲卜月 /赖哲卜月 (Làizhébǔyuè)month
French radjab
  • radjabmonth
Hebrew רג׳ב
  • רג׳בmonth
Hindi रजब
  • रजब (rajab)month
Indonesian Rajab
  • Rajabmonth
Japanese ラジャブ
  • ラジャブmonth
Korean 라자브
  • 라자브 (rajabeu)month
Malay Rejab, bulan kenduri apam
  • Rejabmonth
  • bulan kenduri apammonth
  • bulan Mikrajmonth
Persian رجب
  • رجب (rajab)month
Swahili Rajabu
  • Rajabumonth
Turkish Recep
  • Recepmonth
Urdu رجب
  • رجبmonth

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Rajab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rajab

MLA

“Rajab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rajab. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rajab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rajab.

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