# Sha'ban

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَعْبَان (šaʕbān), from شَعَبَ (šaʕaba, “to scatter, to disperse”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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