shahr
(plural: shuhuur or ashhur)
– month
sana (plural: siniin or sanawaat) – year
shuhuur
is-sanat il-miilaadiyya
– the months of the year ('miilaad' refers to the birth
of Christ)
yanaayr
– January
febraayr – February
maars – March
abriil – April
maayu – May
yuuniyu – June
yuuliyu – July
aghosTos – August
siptambar – September
uktuubar – October
nufambar – November
disambar – December
shuhuur
is-sanat il-hijriyya – the months of the Islamic year
hijra
is the flight of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Mecca (il-makkat
il-mukarrama
) to Medina (il-madiinat il-munawwara
) in 622 A.D. The Islamic months are 29 or 30 days in length following
the moon cycle. The year 2006 A.D. corresponds to roughly the
last two months of 1426, and the first ten of 1427.