Rabi I

English

Alternative forms

  • Rabi‘ al-awwal, Rabi-al-awwal
  • First Rabi

Etymology

From Arabic رَبِيعُ الْأَوَّل (rabīʿu l-ʾawwal)

Proper noun

Rabi I

  1. The third month of the Islamic calendar.
    • 1988, Christina Pribićević-Zorić, translating Milorad Pavić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage 1989, p. 128:
      [H]e wrote the chit for a date after the eleventh Friday, in the month of Rabi-al-awwal, honed his black cane as sharp as a buckwheat seed, and left for home, taking with him all the merchandise he wanted.

See also

(Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijjah (Category: en:Islamic months)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.