Levant and Mesopotamia
These names are used primarily in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan. These months are likely derived from the Aramaic names of the Babylonian calendar, and the names Šubāṭ, Āḏār, Nīsān, Ayyār, Tammūz, Āb, Aylūl, and Tišrīn are cognate with the names of the approximately equivalent months of the Hebrew calendar: Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Tammuz, Av, Elul, and Tishrei, which is used by Jews.
Nine of these names were used in the Ottoman Rumi calendar, of which five remain in use in modern Turkish.
| No. | Month | Arabic name | Transliterated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | كانون الثاني | Kānūn aṯ-Ṯānī |
| 2 | February | شباط | Šubāṭ |
| 3 | March | آذار | Āḏār |
| 4 | April | نيسان | Nīsān |
| 5 | May | أيار | Ayyār |
| 6 | June | حزيران | Ḥazīrān / Ḥuzayrān |
| 7 | July | تموز | Tammūz |
| 8 | August | آب | Āb |
| 9 | September | أيلول | Aylūl |
| 10 | October | تشرين الأول | Tišrīn al-Awwal |
| 11 | November | تشرين الثاني | Tišrīn aṯ-Ṯānī |
| 12 | December | كانون الأول | Kānūn al-Awwal |
Read more about this topic: Arabic Names Of Calendar Months
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