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Ramadan
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ramadan ramadán Ramadán ramadàn ra-ma-đan
English
,+ (calendar month)
Alternative forms
en Ramazan Ramadhan Ramadzan Rhamadan
en Ramzan South Asia
Etymology
en :bor ar:رَمَضَان 1 +
Pronunciation
en /ɹæməˈdɑːn/ /ˈɹæmədæn/ /ɹɑːməˈdɑːn/ /ˈɹɑːmədɑːn/ /ɹəməˈðɑːn/ /ɹəməˈzɑːn/ /ɹəmˈzɑːn/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ramadan.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
en Q8867089 en 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.
en 2016-06-16 Nandita Ravi Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan! w:The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food/food-features/Fast-and-feast-responsibly-this-Ramadan/articleshow/52724588.cms Sizzling kebabs, delicious kheer and the ever popular haleem -it's a clear sign that Ramadan sure brings with it a culinary awakening. At the same time, Ramadan is all about discipline and faith. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225163959/http://recipes.timesofindia.com/articles/features/fast-and-feast-responsibly-this-ramadan/articleshow/52724588.cms
en 2026-02-16 Eler, AliciaAlicia Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026 w:Minnesota Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/lunar-new-year-fat-tuesday-ramadan-and-lent-occur-around-the-same-time-this-year/601581997 This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on Tuesday, Feb. 17 2026. This won't happen again until Feb. 13, 2029, according to the websites chinahighlights.com and mardigrasneworleans.com. Ramadan is expected to start Tuesday evening, pending official confirmation, and Lent (which begins on Ash Wednesday) begins on Feb. 18. Last year, Ramadan and Lent began within a week of each other on Feb. 28 and March 5. The holidays are all happening within two days this year because several long solar, lunar and lunisolar calendar cycles sync up. Lunar New Year happens on the second new moon after winter solstice, which is also Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) — 47 days before Easter Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20260917002025/https://www.startribune.com/lunar-new-year-fat-tuesday-ramadan-and-lent-occur-around-the-same-time-this-year/601581997 17 September 2026
en male Arabic Muslim.
Derived terms
en 10th of Ramadan happy Ramadan Ramadamadingdong Ramadan calendar Ramadan Feast Ramadan mubarak Ramadan War
Translations
holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar
Afrikaans: af Ramadaan
Albanian: sq ramazan m
Amharic: am ረመዳን
Arabic: ar رَمَضَان m
Aramaic: arc ܪܡܕܐܢ
Armenian: hy Ռամադան
Azerbaijani: az ramazan, az orucluq
Bashkir: ba рамаҙан
Belarusian: be рамада́н m
Bengali: bn রমজান
Bulgarian: bg рамаза́н m
Burmese: my ရမဿွာန်
Catalan: ca ramadà m
Chagatai: chg رمضان
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 齋戒月 Zhāijièyuè, cmn 齋月 Zhāiyuè, cmn 賴買丹月 Làimǎidān yuè, cmn 拉馬丹 Lāmǎdān
Crimean Tatar: crh ramazan
Czech: cs ramadán m
Esperanto: eo Ramadano
Danish: da ramadan c
Dhivehi: dv
Dutch: nl ramadan m
Estonian: et ramadaan
Faroese: fo ramadan f
Finnish: fi ramadan
French: fr ramadan m
Georgian: ka რამადანი
German: de Ramadan m
Greek: el ραμαζάνι n
Gujarati: gu રમજાન
Hausa: ha Ramalan
Hebrew: he רמדאן m ramadan
Hindi: hi रमज़ान m
Hungarian: hu ramadán
Indonesian: id Ramadan
Italian: it ramadan m
Japanese: ja ラマダン ramadan, ja ラマダーン ramadān
Javanese: jv ꦫꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀
Kannada: kn ರಂಜಾನ್
Kashmiri: ks رَمضان
Kazakh: kk рамазан
Khmer: km រ៉ាម៉ាដាន raamaadaan
Korean: ko 라마단
Kumyk: kum рамазан
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ڕەمەزان
Northern Kurdish: kmr remezan f
Kyrgyz: ky рамазан
Ligurian: lij ramadàn
Malay: ms Ramadan, ms Ramalan, ms bulan puasa
Malayalam: ml റമദാൻ, ml റംസാൻ
Maltese: mt Ramadan m
Marathi: mr रमजान m
Odia: or ରମଜାନ
Pashto: ps رمضان m ramazãn
Persian: fa رمضان ramazân, ramzân
Polish: pl ramadan m, pl ramazan m
Portuguese: pt Ramadão m, pt Ramadã m
Punjabi: pa ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ, pa ਰਮਦਾਨ
Russian: ru рамада́н m, ru рамаза́н m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh рамазан m
Latin: sh ramazan m
Sindhi: sd
Sinhala: si
Slovak: sk ramadán m
Spanish: es ramadán m
Swahili: sw Ramadhani
Swedish: sv ramadan c
Sylheti: syl ꠞꠝꠎꠣꠘ
Tagalog: tl Ramadan
Tajik: tg рамазон
Tamil: ta ரமலான்
Tatar: tt рамазан
Telugu: te రంజాన్
Thai: th รอมะฎอน
Turkish: tr ramazan
Ottoman Turkish: ota رمضان ramazan
Turkmen: tk oraza, tk remezan
Ukrainian: uk рамада́н m
Urdu: ur رمضان m ramẓān
Uyghur: ug رامازان
Uzbek: uz ramazon
Vietnamese: vi ra-ma-đan
Yiddish: yi ראַמאַדאַן m
Yoruba: yo oṣu âwẹ Imale
See also
en Eid al-Fitr
en Jumu'atul-Wida
Anagrams
en aaadmnr Maranda Narmada mandara mardana
en Ramadan
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Declension
References
47
German
Etymology
de :bor ar:رَمَضَان
From de ar رَمَضَان.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁamaˌdaːn/ rarely /ˌʁamaˈdaːn/
de De-Ramadan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s,e:s
de Islam en Ramadan Islamic month
de Islam en Ramadan the fast held during this month
Declension
m,s,e:s
Indonesian
id:
Alternative forms
id Ramadhan
id Ramadlan archaic
Etymology
id ar ر م ض
id ms Ramadan, from id ar رَمَضَان.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id Islam en Ramadan month of fasting
Coordinate terms
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From lb de Ramadan and lb fr ramadan, from lb ar رَمَضَان.
Pronunciation
lb [ˈʀɑmɑdaːn]
Noun
m -
lb Islam en Ramadan Islamic month
lb Islam en Ramadan the fast held during this month
Further reading
Malay
ms:
Alternative forms
ms Ramadhan superseded
id Ramalan Indonesian
Etymology
ms ar رَمَضَان.
Pronunciation
ms [rɔ.ma.d(ˤ)ɔn] Arabic-based
ms d(ˤ)ɔn ɔn 3
ms [ra.ma.dan] Baku
ms dan an 3
ms Ra ma dan
Proper noun
رمضان
ms Islam The ninth month on the Hijri calendar during which time Muslims fast each day from sunrise to sunset; en Ramadan.
ms bulan puasa Ramadan al-Mubarak
Descendants
id Ramadan
Further reading
ms Islamic calendar months Ramadan
Maltese
Etymology
mt ar رَمَضَان. Doublet of inherited mt Randan Lent 1.
Pronunciation
mt /ramaˈdaːn/
mt aːn 2
Proper noun
proper noun m
en Ramadan
mt Islam
Maranao
Etymology
mrw :bor ar:رَمَضَان + 1
Noun
en Ramadan
See also
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Ramadão
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl Ramadhan
Etymology
tl :bor ar:رَمَضَان + 1
Pronunciation
Ramadán
Proper noun
Ramadán + tl Islam
en Ramadan holy ninth month of Islamic calendar
See also
tl iftar suhur tarawi saum
Further reading
tl Islamic calendar months Ramadan