Ramadan

See also ramadan

English

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Alternative forms

• Ramadhan
• Ramadzan
• Rhamadan

Etymology

From Arabic رمضان (ramaḍān), from ارتمض (irtámaḍa, “to be consumed by grief and sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹæməˈdɑːn/, /ˈɹæmədæn/

Proper noun

Ramadan

1. (Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

Translations

holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar

• Arabic: رمضان (ar) (ramaḍaan) m

  Egyptian Arabic: رمضان (ramaḍaan) m

• Bashkir: рамаҙан
• Catalan: ramadà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齋月 (cmn), 斋月 (cmn) (Zhāiyuè), 拉馬丹 (cmn), 拉马丹 (cmn) (Lāmǎdān), 賴買丹 (cmn), 赖买丹 (cmn) (Làimǎidān)

• Dutch: ramadan (nl) m
• Estonian: ramadaan (et)
• Faroese: ramadan (fo) f
• French: ramadan (fr) m
• Greek: Ραμαζάνι (el) (Ramazáni) 
• Hebrew: רמדאן (he)
• Hindi: रमज़ान (hi) (ramazān) m, रमादान (hi) (ramādān) m
• Hungarian: ramadán (hu)
• Indonesian: Ramadan (id)
• Japanese: ラマダン (ja) (Ramadan), ラマダーン (ja) (Ramadān)
• Kazakh: рамазан (kk) (ramazán) 
• Korean: 라마단 (ko) (Ramadan)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: remezan (ku) f

  Sorani: ڕه‌مه‌زان (ku)

• Kyrgyz: рамазан (ky) (ramazán) 
• Malay: Ramadan (ms), Ramalan (ms), bulan puasa (ms)
• Maltese: Ramadan
• Marathi: रमजान (mr) (ramazāna) m
• Persian: رمضان (fa) (ramazân)
• Portuguese: Ramadão (pt) m
• Russian: рамадан (ru) (ramadán) m , рамазан (ru) (ramazán) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рамазан (sh) m

  Roman: ramazan (sh) m

• Spanish: Ramadán (es) m
• Swahili: Ramadhani (sw)
• Swedish: ramadan (sv) c
• Tatar: рамазан (tt) (ramazán)
• Thai: รอมะฎอน (th) (ror-má-don)
• Turkish: ramazan (tr)
• Ukrainian: рамадан (uk) (ramadán) m 
• Urdu: رمضان (ur) (ramazān) m
• Vietnamese: ra-ma-đan (vi)
• Yoruba: oṣu âwẹ Imale (yo)

Anagrams

• mardana

See also

• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi al-Awwal, Rabi al-Thani, Jumada al-Ula, Jumada al-Thani, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijja ^{(Category: en:Islamic months)}