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DHU'L-HIJJA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dhu'l-Hijja mean? 

DHU'L-HIJJA (noun)
  The noun DHU'L-HIJJA has 1 sense:

1. the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap yearsplay

  Familiarity information: DHU'L-HIJJA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DHU'L-HIJJA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Dhu'l-Hijja; Dhu'l-Hijjah; Dhu al-Hijja; Dhu al-Hijjah

Hypernyms ("Dhu'l-Hijja" is a kind of...):

Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)

Holonyms ("Dhu'l-Hijja" is a part of...):

Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar (the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years)


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