Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rabi ii

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: ra-bi ii
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The fourth month of the Islamic calendar.

Example Sentences

"I witnessed at the time of the Great Plague at Damascus in the latter part of the month of Second Rabi of the year 749 a remarkable instance of the veneration of the people of Damascus for this mosque."
"The first and primary issue that he addressed was the status of the single, revocable repudiation that al-Haskuri had issued on 12 Rabī‘ II 714/26 July 1314."
"On 3 Rabi‘ al-Thani 1414H (20 September 1993AD), Ibn Baz responded to Naif's official letter."

Etymology

Partial calque of Arabic رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī), رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir).

Word Breakdown

Root: ر ب ع

Synonyms

Rabi al-Akhir Rabi-ul-Akhir Rabi al-Thani Rabi‘ al-Thani Rabi-us-sani Rabee-ul-thani Rabi Second Second Rabi

Questions

What does rabi ii mean?: The fourth month of the Islamic calendar.
Where does rabi ii come from?: Partial calque of Arabic رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī), رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir).

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