English Explanatory Dictionary

Dhu'l-Hijja

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, during which the hajj takes place.

Word forms

Dhu'l-Hijja Dhulhijja Dhulhijjah Zulhijja Zulhijjah Dhu'l-Hijjah Dhul-Hijja Dhul-Hijjah Dhu al-Hijja Dhu al-Hijjah Dhul Hijja Dhul Hijjah Zilhijjé Zilhijjeh Zilhidjeh

Etymology

From Arabic ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja), from Arabic ذُو (ḏū, “possessor of”) + Arabic الْحِجَّة (al-ḥijja, “the pilgrimage”).

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