Jumada al-Awwal

{{Short description|Fifth month of the Islamic calendar}}

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| native_name = {{Native name|ar|جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأَوَّل}}

| calendar = Islamic calendar

| num = 5

| days = 29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)

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| prev_month = Rabiʽ al-Thani

| next_month = Jumada al-Thani

}}

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Jumāda l-Ūlā ({{langx|ar|جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ|Jumādā al-ʾŪlā|lit=The first Jumada}}), or Jumada I, is the fifth month of the Islamic calendar. Jumada al-Ula spans 29 or 30 days. The origin of the month's name is theorized by some as coming from the word jamād ({{langx|ar|جماد}}), meaning "arid, dry, or cold",{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Günel |first1=Fuat |title=CEMÂZİYELEVVEL - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam |date=1993 |encyclopedia=TDV Encyclopedia of Islam |isbn=978-97-53-89434-0 |page=319 |volume=7 (Cafer es-Sadik - Çiftçilik) |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/cemaziyelevvel|lang=tr}} denoting the dry and parched land and hence the dry months of the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar. Jumādā ({{langx|ar|جُمَادَىٰ}}) may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze during this time of year. The secondary name Jumādā al-Ūlā may possibly mean "to take charge with, commend, entrust, commit or care during the arid or cold month". However, this explanation is rejected by some as Jumādā al-Ūlā is a lunar month that does not coincide with seasons as solar months do.

In Turkish, the name of the month is cemâziyelevvel ({{langx|ota-Arab|جماذی‌الاول}});{{cite book|author=Redhouse, J.W.|authorlink=J.W. Redhouse|title=REDHOUSE'S TURKISH DICTIONARY|year=1880|page=[https://archive.org/details/redhousesturkis00asgoog/page/n532 513]}}{{cite book|author=Youssof, R.|title=Dictionnaire portatif turc-français de la langue usuelle en caractères latins et turcs|year=1890|place=Constantinople|page=[https://archive.org/details/DictionnairePortatifTurc/page/n195 177]}} it was abbreviated as {{lang|ota|جا}} ca in Ottoman Turkish.{{cite book|author=Youssof, R.|title=Dictionnaire portatif turc-français de la langue usuelle en caractères latins et turcs|year=1890|place=Constantinople|page=[https://archive.org/details/DictionnairePortatifTurc/page/n189 170]}}