Etymograph

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Ramzan

Ramzan comes from Classical Persian رمضان ‘Ramadan (the holy ninth month of the Islamic…’, and goes back to Arabic رَمَضَان.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَمَضَانramaḍān‘Ramadan (the holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar’
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentرمضانramazān‘Ramadan (the holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar’
  3. Bengalimodernরমজানromzan
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2023Ramzan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَمَضَانramaḍān‘Ramadan (the holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar’
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentرمضانramazān‘Ramadan (the holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar’
  3. Bengalimodernরমজানromzan
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2023Ramzan

Earliest quotation: 2023, Sameer Khan, Know Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in Telangana: “In Hyderabad, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets on the…”

Today it means

name A male given name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic رَمَضَان / Ramzan