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SHAWWAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shawwal mean? 

SHAWWAL (noun)
  The noun SHAWWAL has 1 sense:

1. the tenth month of the Islamic calendarplay

  Familiarity information: SHAWWAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHAWWAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The tenth month of the Islamic calendar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Shawwal" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Shawwal" 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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