Arabic names of Gregorian months

The Arabic names of calendar months of the Gregorian calendar are usually phonetic Arabic pronunciations of the corresponding month names used in European languages. An exception is the Syrian calendar used in the Levant, which names most of its Gregorian months after Aramaic names for months of the Babylonian calendar that occur at roughly the same time of year.

The Gregorian calendar is used nearly in all countries of Arab world, in many places long before European colonization. Currently, all Arab states save Saudi Arabia (which uses the Islamic calendar for all purposes) use the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes. The names of the Gregorian months as used in Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen are widely regarded as standard across the Arab world, although the Levantine names are often used alongside them. In other Arab countries some modification or actual changes in naming or pronunciation of months were observed. The names of the Gregorian calendar months in the different countries of the Arab world were as follows:

Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen

No.	Month	Arabic Name	In Arabic
1	January	يناير	yanāyir
2	February	فبراير	fibrāyir
3	March	مارس	māris
4	April	أبريل/إبريل	abrīl/ibrīl
5	May	مايو	māyū
6	June	يونيو/يونيه	yūnyū/yūnya
7	July	يوليو/يوليه	yūlyū/yūlia
8	August	أغسطس	aġustus
9	September	سبتمبر	sibtambir
10	October	أكتوبر	uktūbar
11	November	نوفمبر	nūfambir
12	December	ديسمبر	dīsambir

Levant

These names are used primarily in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian territories and Jordan. These months are likely derived from the Aramaic names of the old Semitic lunisolar calendar, and the names Šubāṭ, 'Ādār, 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.

Nine of these names were used in the Ottoman Rumi calendar, of which five remain in use in modern Turkish.

No.	Month	Arabic Name	In Arabic
1	January	كانون الثاني	Kānūn al-Thānī
2	February	شباط	Shubāṭ
3	March	آذار	'Āthār
4	April	نيسان	Nīsān
5	May	أيار	'Ayyār
6	June	حزيران	Ḥzīrān / Ḥuzayrān
7	July	تموز	Tammūz
8	August	آب	'Āb
9	September	أيلول	Aylūl
10	October	تشرين الأول	Tishrīn al-Awwal
11	November	تشرين الثاني	Tishrīn al-Thānī
12	December	كانون الأول	Kānūn al-Awwal

Libya

The names of months used in Libya were derived from various sources, and were assembled after Muammar al-Gaddafi's seizure of power in 1969.

No.	Month	Arabic Name	In Arabic
1	January	أين النار	aynu n-nār
2	February	النوار	an-nuwwār
3	March	الربيع	ar-rabī
4	April	الطير	al-tayr
5	May	الماء	al-mā'
6	June	الصيف	al-sayf
7	July	ناصر	nāsir
8	August	هانيبال	hānībāl
9	September	الفاتح	al-fātieh
10	October	التمور، الثمور	at-tumūr; al-tumūr
11	November	الحرث	al-harth
12	December	الكانون	al-kānūn

Algeria and Tunisia

The names of the Gregorian months in Algeria and Tunisia are based on the French names of the months, reflecting France's long colonization of these countries (1830-1962, 132 years, in Algeria and 1881-1956, 75 years, in Tunisia). The original French names are therefore listed below.

No.	Month	Arabic Name	In Arabic	In French
1	January	جانفي	Jānfī	Janvier
2	February	فيفري	Fīfrī	Février
3	March	مارس	Mārs/Māris	Mars
4	April	أفريل	Afrīl	Avril
5	May	ماي	Māy	Mai
6	June	جوان	Juwān	Juin
7	July	جويلية	Juwīlyâ	Juillet
8	August	أوت	Ūt	Août
9	September	سبتمبر	Sibtambir	Septembre
10	October	أكتوبر	Uktūbir	Octobre
11	November	نوفمبر	Nūfambir	Novembre
12	December	ديسمبر	Dīsambir	Décembre

Mauritania

No.	Month	Arabic Name	In Arabic
1	January	يناير	yannāyir
2	February	فبراير	ibrāyir
3	March	مارس	mārs
4	April	إبريل	ibrīl
5	May	مايو	māyū
6	June	يونيو	yūniyū
7	July	يوليو	yūliyū
8	August	أغشت	aġušt
9	September	شتمبر	šutambir
10	October	أكتوبر	uktūbir
11	November	نوفمبر	nūfambir
12	December	دجمبر	dugambir

Morocco

No.	Month	Arabic Name	In Arabic
1	January	يناير	yannāyir
2	February	فبراير	fibrāyir
3	March	مارس	mārs
4	April	أبريل	abrīl
5	May	ماي	māy
6	June	يونيو	yūniyū
7	July	يوليوز	yūliyūz
8	August	غشت	ġušt
9	September	شتنبر	šutanbir
10	October	أكتوبر، أوكتوبر	uktūbir; ūktūbir
11	November	نونبر	nuwanbir
12	December	دجنبر	duganbir