شوال

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See also: سؤال and سوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش و ل (š-w-l)

Supposedly named because the she-camels begin to raise their tails during this time after giving birth.

Proper noun

شَوَّال (šawwālm (plural شَوَّالَات (šawwālāt) or شَوَاوِيل (šawāwīl))

  1. Shawwal, the tenth of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.
Declension
Synonyms
See also
Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʔašhur fī at-taqwīmi al-hijriyy) (layout · text)
Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram)
مُحَرَّم (muḥarram)
صَفَر (ṣafar) رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal) رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā) جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira)
جُمَادَى الثَّانِي (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī)
رَجَب (rajab) شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)
Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
رَمَضَان (ramaḍān) شَوَّال (šawwāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda) ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

Etymology 2

Noun

شُوَال (šuwālm (plural شُوَالَات (šuwālāt))

  1. alternative form of جُوَال (juwāl, sack)
Declension