Shawwal

Shawwal
Eid al-Fitr celebration in Bangladesh
Native nameشَوَّال (Arabic)
CalendarIslamic calendar
Month number10
Number of days29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)
Significant daysEid al-Fitr

Shawwal (Arabic: شَوَّال, romanizedShawwāl) is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. It comes after Ramadan and before Dhu al-Qa'da.

Shawwāl stems from the Arabic verb shāla (شَالَ), which means to 'lift or carry',[1] generally to take or move things from one place to another. The month was so named because a female camel would normally be carrying a fetus at this time of year in pre-Islamic Arabia.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Yaşaroğlu, M.Kâmıl (2010). ŞEVVAL- An article published in 39th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 39 (Serif Pasa - Tanzanya). Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. p. 34. ISBN 978-97-53-89632-0. Retrieved 20 January 2022.