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So what month is it exactly? مايو ,أيار ,الماء, or ماي? Well, it depends on who you ask and where you are.
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For a multitude of reasons names of calendar months vary across the Arab World. The Gregorian calendar is universally accepted for civil use, but–depending on where you are–you may find Aramaic and Babylonian calendar month names being used. Of course, current date does not change (unless you are in Saudi Arabia where there is a slight twist to that rule–but more on that later); it remains consistent regardless of where in the Arab World you find yourself. However, the names of months do change. This is because some countries, like Syria, for example, have opted to rename Gregorian calendar months after their Aramaic counterparts, which are based on the Babylonian calendar.
For example, in the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan), the month of May is referred to as أيار .أيار is the Aramaic name for May. Go further south to Egypt and Sudan and you will find that May is مايو, as those countries use the Gregorian calendar. Going further west to Algeria and Morocco yields a similar result with a slight variation. مايو becomes ماي, which is based on the French names of Gregorian months, betraying both countries’ colonization by France.
There are exceptions that deviate from the above patterns: Libya’s calendar months are derived from various sources, chosen and assembled by it’s eccentric leader Mu’amar al-Ghaddafi. May in Libya is الماء, which means “water.” The other exception is Saudi Arabia where you will find Islamic calendar months are the norm, used concurrently with Gregorian ones. May in Saudi Arabia is either جمادى الأول or جمادى الثاني depending on what part of May you find yourself in. This is because the Islamic calendar dates lack Gregorian equivalents. According to the Islamic calendar, today’s date is the 11th of جمادى الثاني, year 1431. The first year of the Islamic calendar is based on the year in which the Prophet Mohamad left the city of Mecca and headed to Medina, 622CE.
I’ve included two lists below of Aramaic and Gregorian month names in Arabic.
Aramaic calendar months used in the Levant
No. | Month | Arabic Name | In Arabic |
---|---|---|---|
1 | January | كانون الثاني | Kānūn al-Thānī |
2 | February | شباط | Šubāṭ |
3 | March | آذار | ‘Ādār |
4 | April | نيسان | Nīsān |
5 | May | أيار | ‘Ayyār |
6 | June | حزيران | Ḥazīrān / Ḥuzayrān |
7 | July | تموز | Tammūz |
8 | August | آب | ‘Āb |
9 | September | أيلول | Aylūl |
10 | October | تشرين الأول | Tišrīn al-Awwal |
11 | November | تشرين الثاني | Tišrīn al-Thānī |
12 | December | كانون الأول | Kānūn al-Awwal |
Gregorian calendar months used throughout the Arab World
No. | Month | Arabic Name | In Arabic |
---|---|---|---|
1 | January | يناير | yanāyir |
2 | February | فبراير | fibrāyir |
3 | March | مارس | māris |
4 | April | أبريل/إبريل | abrīl/ibrīl |
5 | May | مايو | māyū |
6 | June | يونيو/يونيه | yūnyū/yūnya |
7 | July | يوليو/يوليه | yūlyū/yūlia |
8 | August | أغسطس | aġustus |
9 | September | سبتمبر | sibtambir |
10 | October | أكتوبر | uktūbar |
11 | November | نوفمبر | nūfambir |
12 | December | ديسمبر | dīsambir |
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Source: Arabic names of calendar months – wikipedia
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