رمضان

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Arabic

Root
ر م ض (r-m-ḍ)

Etymology

The month was a summer month in pre-Islamic times before the Quranic prohibition against leap months (Quran 9:37). Hence without doubt from the root ر م ض (r-m-ḍ), and 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/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ram.dˤaːn/, /rum.dˤaːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

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 		—

Noun

رَمَضَان • (ramaḍān) m (plural رَمَضَانَات (ramaḍānāt) or أَرْمِضَة (ʔarmiḍa) or أَرْمِضَاء (ʔarmiḍāʔ) or رَمَاضِين (ramāḍīn))

  1. Ramadan

Declension

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; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal رَمَضَانَات‎; أَرْمِضَة‎; أَرْمِضَاء‎; رَمَاضِين
ramaḍānāt‎; ʔarmiḍa‎; ʔarmiḍāʔ‎; ramāḍīn 		الرَّمَضَانَات‎; الْأَرْمِضَة‎; الْأَرْمِضَاء‎; الرَّمَاضِين
ar-ramaḍānāt‎; al-ʔarmiḍa‎; al-ʔarmiḍāʔ‎; ar-ramāḍīn 		رَمَضَانَات‎; أَرْمِضَة‎; أَرْمِضَاء‎; رَمَاضِين
ramaḍānāt‎; ʔarmiḍat‎; ʔarmiḍāʔ‎; ramāḍīn
Nominative رَمَضَانَاتٌ‎; أَرْمِضَةٌ‎; أَرْمِضَاءُ‎; رَمَاضِينُ
ramaḍānātun‎; ʔarmiḍatun‎; ʔarmiḍāʔu‎; ramāḍīnu 		الرَّمَضَانَاتُ‎; الْأَرْمِضَةُ‎; الْأَرْمِضَاءُ‎; الرَّمَاضِينُ
ar-ramaḍānātu‎; al-ʔarmiḍatu‎; al-ʔarmiḍāʔu‎; ar-ramāḍīnu 		رَمَضَانَاتُ‎; أَرْمِضَةُ‎; أَرْمِضَاءُ‎; رَمَاضِينُ
ramaḍānātu‎; ʔarmiḍatu‎; ʔarmiḍāʔu‎; ramāḍīnu
Accusative رَمَضَانَاتٍ‎; أَرْمِضَةً‎; أَرْمِضَاءَ‎; رَمَاضِينَ
ramaḍānātin‎; ʔarmiḍatan‎; ʔarmiḍāʔa‎; ramāḍīna 		الرَّمَضَانَاتِ‎; الْأَرْمِضَةَ‎; الْأَرْمِضَاءَ‎; الرَّمَاضِينَ
ar-ramaḍānāti‎; al-ʔarmiḍata‎; al-ʔarmiḍāʔa‎; ar-ramāḍīna 		رَمَضَانَاتِ‎; أَرْمِضَةَ‎; أَرْمِضَاءَ‎; رَمَاضِينَ
ramaḍānāti‎; ʔarmiḍata‎; ʔarmiḍāʔa‎; ramāḍīna
Genitive رَمَضَانَاتٍ‎; أَرْمِضَةٍ‎; أَرْمِضَاءَ‎; رَمَاضِينَ
ramaḍānātin‎; ʔarmiḍatin‎; ʔarmiḍāʔa‎; ramāḍīna 		الرَّمَضَانَاتِ‎; الْأَرْمِضَةِ‎; الْأَرْمِضَاءِ‎; الرَّمَاضِينِ
ar-ramaḍānāti‎; al-ʔarmiḍati‎; al-ʔarmiḍāʔi‎; ar-ramāḍīni 		رَمَضَانَاتِ‎; أَرْمِضَةِ‎; أَرْمِضَاءِ‎; رَمَاضِينِ
ramaḍānāti‎; ʔarmiḍati‎; ʔarmiḍāʔi‎; ramāḍīni

Coordinate terms

Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ (al-ʔašhur fī at-taqwīmi al-hijriyy) (layout · text)
Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
اَلْمُحَرَّم (al-muḥarram)
مُحَرَّم (muḥarram) 		صَفَر (ṣafar) رَبِيع الْأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal) رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
رَبِيع الثَّانِي (rabīʕ aṯ-ṯānī)
Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā) جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (jumādā l-ʔāḵira)
جُمَادَى الثَّانِي (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī) 		رَجَب (rajab) شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)
Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
رَمَضَان (ramaḍān) شَوَّال (šawwāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʕda) ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

Derived terms

Descendants

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

رمضان (Rumi spelling Ramadan)

  1. The ninth month in the Hijri calendar; fasting month.
    Synonyms: بولن ڤواسا (bulan puasa), راملن (ramalan)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Noun

رمضان • (ramazân)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan

Descendants

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ramazān
Dari reading? ramazān
Iranian reading? ramazân
Tajik reading? ramazon

Noun

Dari رمضان
Iranian Persian
Tajik рамазон

رمضان • (ramazân, ramzân)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan

Coordinate terms

Proper noun

رمضان • (ramzân)

  1. a male given name, Ramazan

Descendants

Punjabi

Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pnb

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān). First attested as Old Punjabi ਰਮਦਾਨਾ (ramadānā).

Noun

رَمضان • (ramẓān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan
    Synonym: رمدان (ramdān)

Sindhi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَمْضانُ • (ramzānu) m (Devanagari रमज़ानु)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “رَمْضانُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān, ramzān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

رَمَضان • (ramazān) m (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan
  2. a male given name, Ramzan or Ramazan, from Arabic

See also

Hijri calendar months in Urdu · ہِجْری تَقْوِیم (hijrī taqvīm) (layout · text)
Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
مُحَرَّم (muharram) صَفَر (safar) رَبِیعُ الْاَوَّل (rabī'-ul-avval) رَبِیعُ الثّانی (rabī'ussānī)
Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
جَمادی الْاَوَّل (jamādī-ul-avval) جمادی الثّانی (jamādīussānī) رَجَب (rajab) شَعْبان (śa'bān)
Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
رَمَضان (ramazān) شَوال (śavāl) ذُو الْقَعْدَہ (zūl-qa'da) ذُو الْحِجَّہ (zūl-hijja)

Descendants

Further reading

  • “رمضان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “رمضان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رمضان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “رمضان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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