Syrian Calendar In Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
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Syrian Calendar In Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
The Arabic names of the months of the Gregorian calendar are usually phonetic Arabic pronunciations of the corresponding month names used in European languages. An exception is the Assyrian calendar used in Iraq and the Levant, whose month names are inherited via Classical Arabic from the Babylonian calendar, Babylonian and Aramaic lunisolar calendars and correspond to roughly the same time of year. Though the Islamic calendar, lunar Hijri calendar and solar Hijri calendar are prominent in the Middle East, the Gregorian calendar is and has been used in nearly all the countries of the Arab world, in many places long before European occupation. All Arab states use the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes. The names of the Gregorian months as used in Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen are widely regarded as standard across the Arab world, although their Classical Arabic names are often used alongside them. In other Arab countries, some modification or actual changes in naming or pronunciati ...
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Arabic Month Names
Arabic month names are the Arabic-language names for months in a number of different calendars. * Arabic names of Gregorian months * Months of the Islamic calendar * Pre-Islamic month names See also * Gregorian calendar * Islamic calendar The Hijri calendar (), also known in English as the Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the Ramad ... * Pre-Islamic Arabian calendar {{set index article Months Names of units of time ...
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