June in the collective heritage of the Arab Mashreq

2025-06-04 2025-06-04T12:13:49Z
د . أحمد الشريدة
د . أحمد الشريدة
محاضر أكاديمي في عدد من الجامعات الأردنية من عام 1996 ومستشار إعلامي وصحفي مستقل

Arab Weather - June is the sixth month in the Gregorian calendar, known in the Arab Levant as (Haziran), in the Arabian Gulf, Yemen, and the Nile Valley (June), and in the Arab Maghreb it is called (Juin).

What does the word June mean?

June: It is an Aramaic-Syriac word meaning “wheat”, because its harvest season falls in it.
Where did the name June come from? June: It was named after the Roman goddess (Juno), the goddess of marriage and the wife of the planet Jupiter, the supreme god. She was very beautiful.
Number of days in June.
The number of days in the month of June is (30) days.
June is the beginning of summer, both climatically and astronomically.
The first day of June is considered the beginning of summer according to meteorology.
While June 21st is considered the beginning of the summer solstice, which is the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere astronomically.

The most famous oral proverbs circulating in the Arab Levant about the month of June:

  • In June, the apricots will fall and the pomegranates will grow.
  • In June the corn remains like bamboo.
  • In June, the Pleiades rise and Libra ascends.
  • June is full of fire.
  • June is the month of pleasure, its beginning is spring and its end is summer.
  • June Al-Hawi, July Al-Shawi, and August Al-Kawi.
  • The heat of June makes milk ayran.
  • Your efforts on June sauce will not be wasted.
  • In June, the sun enters the sign of Cancer and says to the free man, welcome to the dearest friends.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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