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 (rômôjanô), Hindustani رَمْضَان / रमज़ान (ramzān), Gujarati રમજાન (ramjān), Punjabi ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ (ramzān), Marathi रमजान (ramjān).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /rɔmdʒan/, [ˈrɔmdʒan], /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.

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)	রবিউছ ছানী (robiuch chani)
Jumada I	Jumada II	Rajab	Sha'ban
জমাদিউল আউয়াল (jomadiul auẏal)	জমাদিউছ ছানী (jomadiuch chani)	রজব (rojob)	শাবান (śaban)
Ramadan	Shawwal	Dhu'l-Qa'da	Dhu'l-Hijja
রমজান (romjan)	শাওয়াল (śaōẇal)	জিলকদ (jilkod)	জিলহজ্জ (jilhojj)

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