Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda

or Zu ʾl-ka·dah

[ dool kah-duh ]

noun
  1. the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar.

Origin of Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda

1
First recorded in 1760–70; from Arabic dhū al-qaʿdah “the one of the sitting, of the truce,” from dhū “one that is of” + al- “the” + qaʿdah “a sitting”

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