lunar year

lunar year

English

Noun

lunar year (plural lunar years)

1. a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun

Translations

a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon

Asturian: añu llunar m Bengali: মাহতাবী সন (mahtabī śôn), মাহতাবী সাল (mahtabī śal) Chinese: Mandarin: 太陰年／太阴年 (zh) (tàiyīnnián) French: année lunaire (fr) f German: Mondjahr (de) n Japanese: 太陰年 (たいいんねん, taiinnen) Russian: лу́нный год m (lúnnyj god)

See also

• lunar calendar
• Chinese calendar
• Islamic calendar