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Ramadan definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAM'ADAN, n. Among the Mohammedans, a solemn season of fasting.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith
2: (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Arabic Rama??n Date: circa 1595 the ninth month of the Islamic year observed as sacred with fasting practiced daily from dawn to sunset — see month table

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also Ramadhan) the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. Etymology: Arab. ramadan f. ramada be hot; reason for name uncert.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ramadan Ram`a*dan", n. [Ar. ramad[=a]n, or ramaz[=a]n, properly, the hot month.] [Written also Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan.] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month. 2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year, when Muslims do not eat between the rising and setting of the sun. During Ramadan, Muslims celebrate the fact that it was in this month that God first revealed the words of the Quran to Mohammed.