Randan

See also: randan

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, “Ramadan”). The use of the word attests to the fact that—though Malta had been Christian before the Arab conquest—modern Maltans mainly descend from converted Muslims. Arabic-speaking Christians otherwise use the terms اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير (aṣ-ṣawmu l-kabīr, literally “great fast”) or صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين (ṣawmu l-ʔarbaʕīn, literally “fast of the forty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ranˈdaːn/

Proper noun

Randan m

1. (Christianity) Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter

Derived terms

• Ras ir-Randan