Shaban

/ ʃɑː-, ʃəˈbɑːn /

noun

1. the eighth month of the Muslim year

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shaban¹

from Arabic sha`bān

Example Sentences

Wael Shaban, also living near the tower that was targeted today, said they had been given 15 minutes to flee before the strike.

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As for the grand piano, Khamis Abu Shaban hopes students will one day be able to play it again.

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Khamis Abu Shaban had finally risked returning to the music school at which he taught - and which owns the piano - a few months into the current conflict.

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"I am trying to leave for Rafah but the tanks are now very near to the coast and are firing toward the west," Shaban, an electrical engineer with four children, told Reuters news agency.

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“The suffering is really apocalyptic,” said Khaled Abu Shaban, 38, an aid worker near Khan Younis.

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