التقويم الشرقي

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally “the Eastern calendar”, as opposed to اَلتَّقْوِيم اَلْغَرْبِيّ (at-taqwīm al-ḡarbiyy, the Western, i.e. Gregorian, calendar), due to its being used by the Eastern Orthodox churches and despite its being western, namely Roman, in origin.

Proper noun[edit]

اَلتَّقْوِيم اَلشَّرْقِيّ (at-taqwīm aš-šarqiyym

  1. the Julian calendar