Sawal

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَوَّال (šawwāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sawal/, [saˈwal]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧wal

Proper noun

Sawal (Arab Gundul spelling شوال)

  1. Shawwal (the tenth month of the Islamic calendar)
    • 1972, “Hudjan Gerimis [Drizzling Rain]”, in Es Tape [Iced Tapai]‎[1], performed by Benyamin Sueb, Jakarta: Indah, track B5:
      È, jangan menangis ajè / Bulan Sawal dikawinin
      Hey, don't keep crying / This Shawwal you'll be married off

See also

Islamic calendar months: bulan almenak Selamedit

Maranao

Etymology

From Arabic شَوَّال (šawwāl).

Noun

Sawál

  1. Shawwal

See also

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay Syawal, from Arabic شَوَّال (šawwāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sa.ˈwal]

Proper noun

Sawal

  1. the month of Shawwal

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh