रमज़ान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (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)

1. (Islam) Ramadan

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ान ramzān
oblique	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ानों ramzānõ
vocative	रमज़ान ramzān	रमज़ानो ramzāno

Declension of रमज़ान (masc cons-stem)

Proper noun

रमज़ान • (ramzān) m (Urdu spelling رَمْضَان)

1. 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

Declension of रमज़ान (masc cons-stem)

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.