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The Hijri Calendar is the Islamic lunar (Qamari) calendar. Its first year starts with Muhammad's Hijra (622 CE), beginning with the month of Muharram.
The Shamsi Calendar (also called the Khorshidi calendar) is the solar Hijri calendar and is the official calendar of Iran, beginning its year on March 21 (the vernal equinox, Nowruz). Adopted in 1925 by the Pahlavi dynasty, it also begins in 622 CE.
The Rumi Calendar, based on the Julian Calendar, was officially used by the Ottoman Empire after the Tanzimat Reforms (1839) and by the Republic of Turkey until 1926. It is a solar based calendar.
Dictionaries to know:
Arabic
Ejtaal – which includes Arabic - English dictionaries: Hans Wehr, Lane, Steingass, Qur’an resources. As well as Arabic-Arabic dictionaries such as Lisān al-ʿArab, Muḥīṭ al-Muḥīṭ, Arabic-French dictionary, as well as resources in Urdu and South East Asian languages. Search using root of word.
Almaany – Another online compendium of Arabic dictionaries.
Oxford dictionary via princeton (requires sign-in) – A good first stop to quickly look up words, and search is not limited to roots only. Can be useful for finding roots and then doing further searching on a more comprehensive dictionary.
Lughatuna - A phone app for Apple iOS and available on Google Play Store, Lughatuna is an easy to use multi-dialect Arabic dictionary.
Persian
Turkish and Ottoman Turkish
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