February (Solar calendar used in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq)
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum). Cognate with Hebrew שְׁבָט (sh'vat, “Shebat, the eleventh month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).