Jumada al-awwal (Arabic: جمادى الأول, also transliterated Ǧumādā al-ʾAwwal, ; also pronounced Ǧamādā al-ʾAwwal, ) or Jumada I is the fifth month of the 12 lunar months in the Islamic calendar. It is also known as Jumada al-Ula or Jumadil Awwal. The month spans 29 or 30 days.
The origin of the name is as follows: the word "Jumda", from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry parched land: land devoid of rain, and hence denotes the dry months.
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