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• shaban
  shaban

  noun

  the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
• Shaban
  Shaban

  noun

  the eighth month of the Muslim year

shaban

American  

[shuh-bahn, shah-, shaw-] / ʃəˈbɑn, ʃɑ-, ʃɔ- /

noun

1. the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

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Shaban British  

/ ʃɑː-, ʃəˈbɑːn /

noun

1. the eighth month of the Muslim year

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Etymology

Origin of shaban

First recorded in 1760–70; from Arabic shaʿbān, perhaps akin to shaʿabā “to disperse, gather”