Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sha'ban

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: sha'ban
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

Example Sentences

"They go out also to spend the night there on the night if mid-Sha'ban, and the market people take out all kinds of eatables."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān), from شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”).

Word Breakdown

Root: ش ع ب

Inflected Forms

Sha'bans (plural) Shaaban (alternative) Shaban (alternative)

Synonyms

shaaban

Questions

What does sha'ban mean?: The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
Where does sha'ban come from?: Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān), from شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”).

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