Months and Calendars in Arabic (was: Synchronic analysis of "rare"?)

Months and Calendars in Arabic (was: Synchronic analysis of
"rare"?)




On Apr 9, 2:31 am, Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
On Feb 14, 8:09 pm, "alan" wrote:

On Feb 14, 2:10 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

No, it's a question. What names does Arabic use when talking about
the
Western calendar?

In most of the Arabic world, the names used seem to be modeled on
English
and are as follows:
?????, ??????, ????, ?????, ????, ?????, ?????, ?????, ??????, ??????,
??????, ??????

yanaayir, fabraayir, maaris, 'abriil, maayuu, yuuniyuu, yuuliyuu,
'a*gh*usTus, sibtambar, 'uktuubar, nuufambar, disambar

Saudi Solar Calendar:

in Saudi Arabia a solar calendar based on the signs of the Zodiac is
used for civil and financial purposes. I don't remember seeing it in
Saudi newspapers tough. it is explained in Wehr under: ??? Hamal
lamb; ... ????? al-Hamal, Aries, Ram (sign of the Zodiac; astron.);
the first month of the solar year (Saudi Ar.), counted from the Hegira
and beginning on the 21st. of March.

the months (signs of the Zodiac) a

Aries ???????? al-Hamal
Taurus ????????? al-*th*awr
Gemini ??????????? al-jawza:'
Cancer ???????????? al-saraTa:n
Leo ???????? al-'asad
Virgo ??????????? al-3a*dh*ra:'

I forgot Libra:

Libra ?????????? al-mi:za:n


Scorpio ????????? al-3aqrab
Sagittarius ???????? al-qaws
Capricornus ???????? al-jady [al-jadi:]
Aquarius ????????? al-dalw
Pisces ??????? al-Hu:t



more later.