التقويم الشرقي

Arabic

Etymology

Literally “the Eastern calendar”, as opposed to التقويم الغربي‎ (at-taqwīm al-ġarbī, “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

التقويم الشرقي • (at-taqwīm aš-šarqī) m

  1. the Julian calendar
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