Meanings
plural Sha'bans · alternative Shaaban · alternative Shaban
- IslamThe eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
They go out also to spend the night there on the night if mid-Sha'ban, and the market people take out all kinds of eatables.
1958–1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 19
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe eighth month of the Islamic calendar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicشَعْبَان
- EnglishSha'ban
Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān), from شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَعْبَان
- شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)eighth month of the Islamic calendar
Chinese Mandarin 舍爾邦月 /舍尔邦月
- 舍爾邦月 /舍尔邦月 (Shè'ěrbāngyuè)eighth month of the Islamic calendar
French chaabane
- chaabaneeighth month of the Islamic calendar
Hindi शाबान
- शाबान (śābān)eighth month of the Islamic calendar
Indonesian Syakban
- Syakbaneighth month of the Islamic calendar
Japanese シャアバーン
- シャアバーン (Shaabān)eighth month of the Islamic calendar
Malay Syaaban
- Syaabaneighth month of the Islamic calendar
Persian شعبان
- شعبان (ša'bân)eighth month of the Islamic calendar
Russian шааба́н
- шааба́н (šaabán)eighth month of the Islamic calendar
Turkish Şaban
- Şabaneighth month of the Islamic calendar
Cite this entry
Sha'ban. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sha'ban
“Sha'ban.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sha'ban. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sha'ban,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sha'ban.
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