/ra.ma.dˤaːn/, /ram.dˤaːn/, /rum.dˤaːn/
OriginThe month was a summer month in pre-Islamic times before the Quranic prohibition against leap months (Quran 9:37). Hence without doubt from the root ر م ض (r m ḍ), and related to رَمَض (ramaḍ, “parchedness, scorchedness”) and رَمْضَاء (ramḍāʔ, “sun-baked ground”). Compare also اِرْتَمَضَ (irtamaḍa, “to be consumed by grief and sorrow”).
Formsرَمَضَان(canonical, masculine) · ramaḍān(romanization) · -(diptote, indefinite, informal, singular) · رَمَضَان(definite, diptote, informal, singular) · -(construct, diptote, informal, singular) · -(diptote, indefinite, nominative, singular) · رَمَضَانُ(definite, diptote, nominative, singular) · -(construct, diptote, nominative, singular) · -(accusative, diptote, indefinite, singular) · رَمَضَانَ(accusative, definite, diptote, singular) · -(accusative, construct, diptote, singular) · -(diptote, genitive, indefinite, singular) · رَمَضَانَ(definite, diptote, genitive, singular) · -(construct, diptote, genitive, singular) · رَمَضَانَات(plural) · أَرْمِضَة(plural) · أَرْمِضَاء(plural) · رَمَاضِين(plural) · رَمَضَان(indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الرَّمَضَان(definite, informal, singular, triptote)