dhu al-hijjahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Arabic ذُو الْحِجَّة‎ (ḏū l-ḥijja).

固有名詞

Dhu al-Hijjah

1. The twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, during which the hajj takes place.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 54:

     Having performed the rites of Pilgrimage, on the twentieth day precisely of Dhu'l-Hijjah I went out of Mecca in company with the commander of al-Iraq.

   • 2003, Arshad Khan, Islam 101: Principles and Practice, page 60:

     Stay at Arafat on 9th Dhu al-Hijjah from after dawn to slightly after sunset (when pilgrims proceed to Muzdalfa).