Mfunguo

Swahili

Etymology

From M- +‎ -fungua (“to not fast”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mfunguo class III (plural Mifunguo class IV)

  1. A non-fasting month in the Islamic calendar.

Usage notes

Months in the Islamic calendar after Ramadan are numbered according to how many months a Muslim has spent not fasting, until the calendar gets to Rajab, at which point the traditional Islamic system of month names is used again.

See also

Islamic calendar monthsedit
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