रमज़ान
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رَمَضَان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān). Supplanted the original borrowing Old Hindi रमदांनां (ramadā̃nā̃).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾəm.zɑːn/, [ɾɐ̃m.zä̃ːn], /ɾəm.d͡ʒɑːn/, [ɾɐ̃m.d͡ʒä̃ːn]
Noun
रमज़ान • (ramzān) m (Urdu spelling رَمْضَان)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | रमज़ान ramzān |
रमज़ान ramzān |
| oblique | रमज़ान ramzān |
रमज़ानों ramzānõ |
| vocative | रमज़ान ramzān |
रमज़ानो ramzāno |
Proper noun
रमज़ान • (ramzān) m (Urdu spelling رَمْضَان)
- a male given name, Ramzan or Ramazan, from Arabic
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | रमज़ान ramzān |
रमज़ान ramzān |
| oblique | रमज़ान ramzān |
रमज़ानों ramzānõ |
| vocative | रमज़ान ramzān |
रमज़ानो ramzāno |
Descendants
- → New Sanskrit: रमजान (ramajāna)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ramzān”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “रमज़ान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.