Jumada al-Thani

[joo-mah-dah awl-tah-nee]

noun

1. the sixth month of the Islamic calendar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jumada al-Thani¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from Arabic jumādā ath-thānī “the second Jumada,” from jumādā (akin to jamada “to freeze”) + ath- (assimilated variant of al- “the”) + thānī “second”