Where does “Ramadan” come from?

Ramadan comes from Arabic رَمَضَان, derived from the Arabic verb اِرْتَمَضَ, which originally referred to the intense heat of the sun.

Ramadan (English): 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

Definitions

  1. 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

Ancestry of “Ramadan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicرَمَضَانRamadan
2Ottoman Turkishبیرامholy feast, holy day, festival
3Common Turkicbadram—
4Iranianword—

Words derived from “Ramadan”

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