Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda

Or Zu ʾl-ka·dah

[dool kah-duh]

noun

1. the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from Arabic dhū al-qaʿdah “the one of the sitting, of the truce,” from dhū “one that is of” + al- “the” + qaʿdah “a sitting”