رمضان

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ma.dˤaːn/

Proper noun

رَمَضَان • (ramaḍān) m

1. Ramadan
2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of proper noun رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	رَمَضَان ramaḍān	—
Nominative	—	رَمَضَانُ ramaḍānu	—
Accusative	—	رَمَضَانَ ramaḍāna	—
Genitive	—	رَمَضَانَ ramaḍāna	—

Declension of noun رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَمَضَان ramaḍān	الرَّمَضَان ar-ramaḍān	رَمَضَان ramaḍān
Nominative	رَمَضَانٌ ramaḍānun	الرَّمَضَانُ ar-ramaḍānu	رَمَضَانُ ramaḍānu
Accusative	رَمَضَانًا ramaḍānan	الرَّمَضَانَ ar-ramaḍāna	رَمَضَانَ ramaḍāna
Genitive	رَمَضَانٍ ramaḍānin	الرَّمَضَانِ ar-ramaḍāni	رَمَضَانِ ramaḍāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَمَضَانَيْن ramaḍānayn	الرَّمَضَانَيْن ar-ramaḍānayn	رَمَضَانَيْ ramaḍānay
Nominative	رَمَضَانَانِ ramaḍānāni	الرَّمَضَانَانِ ar-ramaḍānāni	رَمَضَانَا ramaḍānā
Accusative	رَمَضَانَيْنِ ramaḍānayni	الرَّمَضَانَيْنِ ar-ramaḍānayni	رَمَضَانَيْ ramaḍānay
Genitive	رَمَضَانَيْنِ ramaḍānayni	الرَّمَضَانَيْنِ ar-ramaḍānayni	رَمَضَانَيْ ramaḍānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَمَضَانَات ramaḍānāt	الرَّمَضَانَات ar-ramaḍānāt	رَمَضَانَات ramaḍānāt
Nominative	رَمَضَانَاتٌ ramaḍānātun	الرَّمَضَانَاتُ ar-ramaḍānātu	رَمَضَانَاتُ ramaḍānātu
Accusative	رَمَضَانَاتٍ ramaḍānātin	الرَّمَضَانَاتِ ar-ramaḍānāti	رَمَضَانَاتِ ramaḍānāti
Genitive	رَمَضَانَاتٍ ramaḍānātin	الرَّمَضَانَاتِ ar-ramaḍānāti	رَمَضَانَاتِ ramaḍānāti

Derived terms

• رَمَضَانِيّ (ramaḍāniyy)

Descendants

• → Catalan: ramadà
• → English: Ramadan
• → French: ramadan
• Maltese: Randan (“Lent”)

Coordinate terms

• (Islamic calendar months) أَشْهُر التَّقْوِيم الْهِجْرِيّ (ʔašhur al-ttaqwīm al-hijriyy); مُحَرَّم (muḥarram), صَفَر (ṣafar), رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal), رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir), جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā), جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira), رَجَب (rajab), شَعْبَان (šaʕbān), رَمَضَان (ramaḍān), شَوَّال (šawwāl), ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda), ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic calendar months)}
• أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl)
• سِبْتِمْبِر (sibtimbir), سِبْتَمْبِر (sibtambir), سَبْتَمْبَر (sabtambar)
• تَقْوِيم هِجْرِيّ (taqwīm hijriyy)

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ramadan/

Proper noun

رمضان (Rumi spelling Ramadan)

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from رمضان

• رمضان المبارک

Synonyms

• بولن ڤواسا / bulan puasa
• راملن / Ramalan

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)

Noun

رمضان • (ramazan)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Descendants

• Turkish: ramazan
• → Bulgarian: рамаза̀н (ramazàn)
• → Macedonian: рамазан (ramazan)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ramàzān

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Persian

Alternative forms

• رمضون (ramezun, ramzun) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)

Noun

رمضان • (ramazân, ramzân)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Coordinate terms

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

Proper noun

رمضان • (Ramzân)

1. a male given name, Ramazan

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Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian رمضان (ramazân), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Noun

1. (Islam) Ramadan

   Synonym: رمدان‎ (ramdān)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān)

Noun

رمضان • (ramazān) m (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Proper noun

رمضان • (Ramazān)

1. a male given name, Ramazan