Where does “Ramalan” come from?
Ramalan (Hausa) comes from Arabic رَمَضَان, from Ottoman Turkish بیرام, from Common Turkic badram, from Iranian word.
Ramalan (Hausa): Ramadan
Ancestry of “Ramalan”, step by step
Ramalan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic رَمَضَان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | رَمَضَان | Ramadan |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بیرام | holy feast, holy day, festival |
| 3 | Common Turkic | badram | — |
| 4 | Iranian | word | — |
via Malay ramal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ramal | to predict; sand |
| 2 | Classical Malay | ramal | handkerchief; sand; the sand used in... |
| 3 | Arabic | رَمْل | magic; sand |