Mfunguo

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fungua (to not fast).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

Mfunguo (m-mi class, plural Mifunguo)

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

Usage notes[edit]

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.