Arabic edit

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, scorching heat), 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 (ramaḍānm

  1. Ramadan
  2. a male given name

Declension edit

Noun edit

رَمَضَان (ramaḍānm (plural رَمَضَانَات (ramaḍānāt) or أَرْمِضَة (ʔarmiḍa) or أَرْمِضَاء (ʔarmiḍāʔ) or رَمَاضِين (ramāḍīn))

  1. Ramadan

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʔašhur fī at-taqwīmi al-hijriyy) (layout · text)
Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram)
مُحَرَّم (muḥarram)
صَفَر (ṣafar) رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal) رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā) جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira)
جُمَادَى الثَّانِي (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī)
رَجَب (rajab) شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)
Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
رَمَضَان (ramaḍān) شَوَّال (šawwāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda) ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation edit

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

Derived terms edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Noun edit

رمضان (ramazân)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan

Descendants edit

Persian edit

 
Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ramazān
Dari reading? ramazān
Iranian reading? ramazân
Tajik reading? ramazon

Noun edit

Dari رمضان
Iranian Persian
Tajik рамазон

رمضان (ramazân, ramzân)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan

Coordinate terms edit

Proper noun edit

رمضان (ramzân)

  1. a male given name, Ramazan

Descendants edit

Punjabi edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

رَمضان (ramẓānm (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan
    Synonym: رمدان (ramdān)

Urdu edit

 
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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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: رَم‧ضان

Noun edit

رَمْضان or رَمَضان (ramẓān or ramaẓānm (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan

Proper noun edit

رَمْضان (ramẓānm (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

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

See also edit

Hijri calendar months in Urdu · ہجری تقویم (hijrī taqvīm) (layout · text)
Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
محرم (muḥarram) صفر (ṣafar) ربیع الاول (rabīʻ ul-avval) ربیع الثانی (rabīʻ us-s̱ānī)
Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
جمادی الاول (jamādī ul-avval) جمادی الثانی (jamādī us-s̱ānī) رجب (rajab) شعبان (śaʻbān)
Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
رمضان (ramaẓān) شوال (shavāl) ذو القعدہ (ẕu-l qaʻdah) ذو الحجہ (ẕu-l ḥijja)

Descendants edit

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] (in 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.