Language/Moroccan-arabic/Vocabulary/Months-of-the-Year

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In today's lesson you will learn how to use, write and pronounce, the 12 months of the year in Moroccan Arabic.

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Months of the Year in Moroccan Arabic (Conventional)

In Darija, months are called by their order: month 1, month 2, month 3...

English	Darija	Transliteration
January	شهر واحد	Sh'hr wa7d
February	شهر جوج	Sh'hr jooj
March	شهر تلاتة	Sh'hr tlata
April	شهر ربعة	Sh'hr rab3a
May	شهر خمسة	Sh'hr khamssa
June	شهر ستة	Sh'hr sata
July	شهر سبعة	Sh'hr sab3a
August	شهر تمنية	Sh'hr tmanya
September	شهر تسعود	Sh'hr tss3ood
October	شهر عشرة	Sh'hr 3ashra
November	شهر حداش	Sh'hr 7thash
December	شهر طناش	Sh'hr tnash

Months of the Year in Moroccan Arabic (Modern Arabic)

Modern Arabic is also used:

English	Darija	Transliteration
January	يناير	Yanayer
February	فبراير	Fabrayer
March	مارس	Mars
April	أبريل	Abril
May	ماي	May
June	يونيو	Yonyo
July	يوليوز	Yolyoz
August	غشت	Ghosht
September	سبتمبر	Shotanbir
October	أكتوبر	October
November	نونبر	Nowanber
December	دجنبر	Dojanber

Examples

• 7na daba fi sh'har tlata

• • We are in March

• • Sh'hr means month

Hijri Months

Another calendar is used by muslim, the Hijri calendar:

English	Darija	Transliteration
Muharram	محرم	Mo7arram
Safar	صفر	Safar
Rabi’ al-awwal	ربيع الأول	Rabi3 el2awwal
Rabi’ al-thani	ربيع التاني	Rabi3 ettani
Jumada al-awwal	جمادى الأولى	Jomada el2oula
Jumada al-thani	جمادى التانية	Jomada ettanya
Rajab	رجب	Rajab
Sha'ban	شعبان	She3ban
Ramadan	رمضان	Remdan
Shawwal	شوال	Shewwal
Dhu al-qi'dah	دو القعدة	Do elqi3da
Dhu al-Hijjah	دو الحجة	Do el7ijja