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Shaʿban

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

noun

  1. the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

Etymology

Origin of Shaʿban

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

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