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Arabic names of Gregorian months

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The Arabic names of the months of the Gregorian calendar are usually phonetic Arabic pronunciations of the corresponding month names used in European languages, or in the case of the Gulf Countries and Jordan, their numbers.

Though the 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.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 pronunciation of months are observed.

Iraq and the Levant

These names are used primarily in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. Classical Arabic inherited the Aramaic names from the Babylonian and Assyrian calendars, which are lunisolar. Although the Arabic names are cognate, they do not refer to the lunar months, but rather name the Julian calendar months (and also Gregorian) of the Greek Orthodox liturgical calendar, which serves as a guide post for the old agricultural calendar. Nine of these names were also used in the Ottoman Turkish calendar, of which five remain in use in the modern Turkish calendar.

No.	Month	Arabic name	Transliteration	Syriac cognate	Transliteration
1	January	كانُون الثانِي	ar	ܟܢܘܢ ܒ	sem
2	February	شُباط	ar	ܫܒܛ	sem
3	March	آذار	ar	ܐܕܪ	sem
4	April	نَيْسان	ar	ܢܝܣܢ	sem
5	May	أَيّار	ar	ܐܝܪ	sem
6	June	حَزِيران	ar	ܚܙܝܪܢ	sem
7	July	تَمُّوز	ar	ܬܡܘܙ	sem
8	August	آب	ar	ܐܒ	sem
9	September	أَيْلُول	ar	ܐܝܠܘܠ	sem
10	October	تِشْرِين الْأَوَّل	ar	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ	sem
11	November	تِشْرِين الثانِي	ar	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ	sem
12	December	كانُون الْأَوَّل	ar	ܟܢܘܢ ܐ	sem

Egypt, Libya, Sudan, and the Gulf

The names of the Gregorian months in Egypt, Sudan and the Gulf are based on the old Latin names.

No.	Month	Arabic name	Transliteration	Latin name
1	January	يَنايِر	ar	Ianuarius
2	February	فِبْرايِر	ar	Februarius
3	March	مارِس	ar	Martius
4	April	أَبْرِيل / إبْرِيل	ar	Aprilis
5	May	مايُو	ar	Maius
6	June	يُونِيُو / يُونِية	ar	Iunius
7	July	يُولِيُو / يُولِية	ar	Iulius
8	August	أَغُسْطُس	ar	Augustus
9	September	سِبْتَمْبَر	ar	September
10	October	أُكْتُوبَر	ar	October
11	November	نُوفَمْبَر / نُوَنْبِر	ar	November
12	December	دِيسَمْبَر	ar	December

Libya (1969–2011)

The names of months used in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) were derived from various sources, and were assembled after Muammar Gaddafi's seizure of power in 1969 and abolished in 2011 after the 17 February Revolution. The decision of changing calendar names was adopted in June 1986. The Libyan calendar, which followed the same sequence of renamed Gregorian months, counted the years from the death of Prophet Muhammad.Libyan Months and Years (historic)

Middle East Librarians Association This reckoning was therefore ten years behind the Solar Hijri calendar used in Iran and Afghanistan.

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Algeria and Tunisia

The names of the Gregorian months in Algeria and Tunisia are based on the French names of the months, reflecting France's long colonisation of these countries (1830–1962 in Algeria; 1881–1956 in Tunisia).

No.		Month		Arabic name		Transliteration		French name
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Morocco

As Morocco was long part of the Roman Empire, the long-standing agricultural Berber calendar of the country preserves the Julian calendar and (in modified form) the names of its months. There are regional variations of the Berber calendar, since some communities did not recognise the Julian 29 February in century years where the Gregorian calendar had no equivalent date. When Morocco adopted the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes, the names of the months were taken from this local tradition.

No.		Month		Arabic name		Transliteration
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References

"The months of the Gregorian (Christian) calendar in various languages: Arabic".
Qleibo, Ali. "Challenges, Tradition and Faith:Palestinians in Winter".
Alosh, Mahdi. (2005). "Using Arabic: Vocabulary". Cambridge University Press.
(1986-06-23). "Libya Changes Names Of Months On Calendar - Sun Sentinel". Articles.sun-sentinel.com.
"Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - الموقع غير الرسمى للقنصلية الليبية بالاسكندرية".
"Tratamiento del árabe". Conf-dts1.unog.ch.

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