ذو الحجة

Arabic

Etymology

A compound of ذو‎ (“possessor of, owner of”) + ال‎ (al, definite article) + حجة‎ (“hajj, pilgrimage”), literally meaning "the possessor of the pilgrimage", since the hajj is done in this month.

Proper noun

ذُو الْحِجَّة‎ • (ḏū l-ḥijja) m

  1. Dhu'l-Hijja, the twelfth and last of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.

Declension
Declension of noun ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)
Singular singular long construct
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — ذُو الْحِجَّة
ḏū l-ḥijja		 —
Nominative — ذُو الْحِجَّةِ
ḏū l-ḥijjati		 —
Accusative — ذَا الْحِجَّةِ‎
ḏā l-ḥijjati		 —
Genitive — ذِي الْحِجَّةِ‎
ḏī l-ḥijjati		 —

See also
    Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ‎ (al-ʔašhur fī at-taqwīmi al-hijriyy) (layout · text)
    Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
    اَلْمُحَرَّم‎ (al-muḥarram)
    مُحَرَّم‎ (muḥarram)    		 صَفَر‎ (ṣafar) رَبِيع الْأَوَّل‎ (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal) رَبِيع الْآخِر‎ (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
    رَبِيع الثَّانِي‎ (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
    Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
    جُمَادَى الْأُولَى‎ (jumādā l-ʔūlā) جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة‎ (jumādā l-ʔāḵira)
    جُمَادَى الثَّانِي‎ (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī)    		 رَجَب‎ (rajab) شَعْبَان‎ (šaʕbān)
    Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
    رَمَضَان‎ (ramaḍān) شَوَّال‎ (šawwāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَة‎ (ḏū l-qaʕda) ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)
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