Ramzan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani रमज़ान (ramzān) / رمضان (ramzān) / Bengali রমজান (romzan) and other South Asian languages, from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Proper noun

Ramzan (plural Ramzans)

1. (South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) Alternative form of Ramadan.
   • 2023 April 18, Sameer Khan, “Know Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in Telangana”, in The Siasat Daily‎^[1]:

     In Hyderabad, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets on the 29th of Ramzan to declare when Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated. Their decision is based on the sighting of the crescent.

2. A male given name