رمضان

Etymology edit

The month was a summer month in pre-Islamic times before the Quranic prohibition against leap months (Quran 9:37). Hence without doubt from the root ر م ض (r-m-ḍ), and related to رَمَض (ramaḍ, “parchedness, scorchedness”) and رَمْضَاء (ramḍāʔ, “sun-baked ground”). Compare also اِرْتَمَضَ (irtamaḍa, “to be consumed by grief and sorrow”).

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /ra.ma.dˤaːn/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ram.dˤaːn/, /rum.dˤaːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun edit

رَمَضَان • (ramaḍān) m

1. Ramadan
2. a male given name

Declension edit

Noun edit

رَمَضَان • (ramaḍān) m (plural رَمَضَانَات (ramaḍānāt) or أَرْمِضَة (ʔarmiḍa) or أَرْمِضَاء (ʔarmiḍāʔ) or رَمَاضِين (ramāḍīn))

1. Ramadan

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

• أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl)
• سِبْتِمْبِر (sibtimbir), سِبْتَمْبِر (sibtambir), سَبْتَمْبَر (sabtambar)
• تَقْوِيم هِجْرِيّ (taqwīm hijriyy)

Derived terms edit

• رَمَضَانِيّ (ramaḍāniyy)

Descendants edit

• Maltese: Randan (“Lent”)
• → Catalan: ramadà
• → Classical Persian: رَمَضَان (ramazān), رمضون (ramezun, ramzun) (see there for further descendants)
• → English: Ramadan
• → French: ramadan
• → Japanese: ラマダーン (Ramadān)
• → Maguindanao: Ramedlan, Ramadlan
• → Malay: Ramadan, Ramadhan
• → Malayalam: റമദാൻ (ṟamadāṉ), റമലാൻ (ṟamalāṉ)
• → Maltese: Ramadan (“Ramadan”)
• → Maranao: Ramadan⁧
• → Ottoman Turkish: رَمَضَان (ramazân)⁧⁩ (see there for further descendants)
• → Tamil: ரமலான் (ramalāṉ, “Ramadan”), ரமதான் (ramatāṉ)

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /ramadan/

Proper noun edit

رمضان (Rumi spelling Ramadan)

1. The ninth month in the Hijri calendar; fasting month.

   Synonyms: بولن ڤواسا (bulan puasa), راملن (ramalan)

Coordinate terms edit

• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharam, Safar, Rabiulawal, Rabiulakhir, Jamadilawal, Jamadilakhir, Rejab, Syaaban, Ramadan, Syawal, Zulkaedah, Zulhijah ^{(Category: ms:Islamic months)}

Derived terms edit

• رمضان المبارک

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Noun edit

رمضان • (ramazân)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Descendants edit

• Turkish: Ramazan
• → Bulgarian: рамаза́н (ramazán)
• → Macedonian: рамазан (ramazan)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ramàzān

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

رمضان

Wikipedia ^fa

Alternative forms edit

• رمضون (ramezun, ramzun) (colloquial)

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

رمضان • (ramazân, ramzân)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Coordinate terms edit

• (Islamic calendar months) تقویم هجری قمری; محرم, صفر, ربیع‌الاول, ربیع‌الثانی, جمادی‌الاول, جمادی‌الثانی, رجب, شعبان, رمضان, شوال, ذی‌القعده, ذی‌الحجه ^{(Category: fa:Islamic months)}

Proper noun edit

رمضان • (ramzân)

1. a male given name, Ramazan

Descendants edit

• → Assamese: ৰমজান (romzan)
• → Bengali: রমজান (romjan)
• → Gujarati: રમજાન (ramjān)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: रमज़ान (ramzān), रमजान (ramjān)
  • Urdu: رَمْضَان (ramzān), رَمَضَان (ramazān) (see there for further descendants)
• → Marathi: रमजान (ramjān)
• → Odia: ରମଜାନ (rômôjanô)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ (ramzān)
  • Shahmukhi script: رَمضان (ramẓān)
• → Sylheti: ꠞꠝꠎꠣꠘ (romzan)

Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:

رمضان

Wikipedia ^pnb

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān). First attested as Old Punjabi ਰਮਦਾਨਾ (ramadānā).

Noun edit

رَمضان • (ramẓān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

   Synonym: رمدان (ramdān)

Sindhi Wikipedia has an article on:

رمضان

Wikipedia ^sd

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /ɾəm.zɑːnʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʊ

Noun edit

رَمْضانُ • (ramzānu) m (Devanagari रमज़ानु)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

References edit

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “رَمْضانُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

رمضان

Wikipedia ^ur

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazân), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation edit

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.mə.zɑːn/
• (common) IPA^(key): /ɾəm.zɑːn/

• Audio (PK)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: رَم‧ضان

Noun edit

رَمْضان or رَمَضان • (ramẓān or ramaẓān) m (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Proper noun edit

رَمْضان • (ramẓān) m (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

1. a male given name, Ramzan or Ramazan, from Arabic

See also edit

Descendants edit

• → Kannada: ರಮ್ಜಾನ್ (ramjān), ರಂಜಾನ್ (rañjān)
• → Malayalam: റംസാൻ (ṟaṁsāṉ)
• → Tamil: ரம்சான் (ramcāṉ), ரம்ஜான் (ramjāṉ)
• → Telugu: రమ్జాన్ (ramjān), రంజాన్ (rañjān)

Further reading edit

• “رمضان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رمضان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رمضان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “رمضان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.