The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
DEFINITION:
(or ). Common Semitic *- (or *-), determinative-relative pronoun. 1. Dhu'l-Hijjah, Dhu'l-Qa'dah, from Arabic l-ijja, the one of the pilgrimage, and l-qacda, the one of the sitting, from , demonstrative pronoun, possessor of.
). Common Semitic *
- (or *
ijja, the one of the pilgrimage, and 
