Rabi al-Awwal

[ ruhb-ee awl-uh-wawl ]

noun

1. the third month of the Islamic calendar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rabi al-Awwal¹

First recorded in 1835–45; from Arabic rabīʿ al-ʾawwal “the first spring,” from rabīʿ “spring” + al “the” + ʾawwal “first”

Example Sentences

Muslims around the world celebrate Mawlid, or his birth, each year on the 12th day of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

From Reuters

The Prophet Mohammad’s birthday is celebrated on the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

From Reuters

The Prophet Mohammad’s birthday is celebrated on the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

From Reuters

For example, the inaugural parade on Jan. 21 — or 9 Rabi’ al-Awwal in the Arabic calendar — is also the day a “Gunman ambushes vehicle near Camp Doha, Kuwait, killing one U.S. contractor and wounding another.”

From Washington Post

If we accept the traditional chronology, Muḥammad, son of ‘Abdulláh and Ámina, of the tribe of Quraysh, was born at Mecca on the 12th of Rabí‘ al-Awwal, in the Birth of Muḥammad.

From Project Gutenberg