English
Rajab
Rajab comes from Arabic رَجَب ‘respect’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentرَجَبrajab‘respect’
- Englishearliest quotation 1958-1994Rajab
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentرَجَبrajab‘respect’
- Englishearliest quotation 1958-1994Rajab
Earliest quotation: 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, Folio Society 2012: “My departure from Tangier, my birthplace, took place on…”
Every English word from Arabic رَجَب
Today it means
name The seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic رَجَب / Rajab