রমজান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَمَضَان (ramazān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, literally “scorching heat”).

Cognates

Cognate with Sylheti ꠞꠝꠎꠣꠘ (romzan), Assamese ৰমজান (romzan), Odia ରମଜାନ (ramajāna), Hindustani رَمْضَان / रमज़ान (ramzān), Gujarati રમજાન (ramjān), Punjabi ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ (ramzān), Marathi रमजान (ramjān).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /rɔmd͡ʒan/, [ˈrɔmd͡ʒan], /rɔmzan/, [ˈrɔmzan]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɹɔmdʑan/, [ɹɔmdʑan], /ɹɔmzan/, [ɹɔmzan]
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Proper noun

রমজান • (romjan)

  1. (Islam) Ramadan (the holy ninth month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims fast during daytime)
  2. a male given name, Romjan or Romzan, from Arabic

Derived terms

See also

Hijri calendar months in Bengali · হিজরী সন (hijri śon) (layout · text)
Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II
মহরম (mohorom) সফর (śophor) রবিউল আউয়াল (robiul auẏal) রবিউস সানি (robius śani)
Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha'ban
জমাদিউল আউয়াল (jomadiul auẏal) জমাদিউস সানি (jomadius sani) রজব (rojob) শাবান (śaban)
Ramadan Shawwal Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja
রমজান (romjan) শাওয়াল (śaōẇal) জিলকদ (jilkod) জিলহজ (jilhoj)

Further reading

  • Atindra Mojumder (1981) “রমজান”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 429
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