रमज़ान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān). Supplanted the original borrowing Old Hindi रमदांनां (ramadā̃nā̃).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾəm.zɑːn/, [ɾɐ̃m.zä̃ːn], /ɾəm.d͡ʒɑːn/, [ɾɐ̃m.d͡ʒä̃ːn]

Noun

रमज़ान • (ramzān) m (Urdu spelling رَمْضَان)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Declension

Declension of रमज़ान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ान ramzān
oblique	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ानों ramzānõ
vocative	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ानो ramzāno

Proper noun

रमज़ान • (ramzān) m (Urdu spelling رَمْضَان)

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

Declension

Declension of रमज़ान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ान ramzān
oblique	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ानों ramzānõ
vocative	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ानो ramzāno

Descendants

• → New Sanskrit: रमजान (ramajāna)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ramzān”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “रमज़ान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.