Ramaḍān
رَمَضَان
Say it ra-ma-DAAN
The month of fasting
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-m-ḍ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Ramadan, Ramazan, Ramzan
Meaning & source
The month of fasting, named, Lisān says, because it fell in the days of ramaḍ, the scorching heat.
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فوافَقَ رمضانُ أَيامَ رَمَضِ الْحَرِّ وَشِدَّتِهِ فَسُمِّيَ بِهِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.