Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda
or Zu ʾl-ka·dah
[ dool kah-duh ]
noun
the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar.
Origin of Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda
1First 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”
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