Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ninth month of the year in the Islamic calendar.
- noun A fast, held from sunrise to sunset, that is carried out during this period.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ninth month of the Mohammedan year, and the period of the annual thirty days' fast or Mohammedan Lent, rigidly observed daily from dawn until sunset, when all restrictions are removed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The ninth Mohammedan month.
- noun The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Islam The
holy ninthmonth of theIslamic lunar calendar , during whichMuslims fast between the break ofdawn untilsunset ; they also refrain from drinking liquids,smoking and havingsexual relations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith
- noun (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Qassem Zein/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images RAMADAN PRAYERS: Shiite Muslim men held Qurans on their heads during Ramadan prayers in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday on "Lailat al Qadr," or "Night of Power," which marks the night the Quran was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed.
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Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters RAMADAN BEGINS: Muslims attended prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Aug. 31.
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Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters RAMADAN BEGINS: Muslims attended prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Aug. 31.
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Economic-Policy Rift Arises in Japan's Ruling Party Yannis Behrakis/Getty Images RAMADAN PRAYERS: Palestinian women prayed Wednesday in a temple in Jerusalem's Old City during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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China Arrests Two Suspects In Tainted-Milk Probe Detiksurabaya/Agence France-Press -- Getty Images RAMADAN STAMPEDE: People forced their way forward for a Ramadan cash handout in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia, Monday.
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Ali Ali/European Pressphoto Agency RAMADAN REJOICING: A Palestinian man set off fireworks Monday to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City.
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U.S. Drafts S.eeping Plan to Fight Crisis Kevin Frayer/Associated Press RAMADAN CHECKPOINT: Palestinians disembarked from a bus at a checkpoint on their way to pray during the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque near Jerusalem Friday.
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Kamarul Akhir/Agence France-Press -- Getty Images RAMADAN PRAYERS: Malaysian Muslims prayed at a Kuala Lumpur mosque on the second Friday noon prayer of Ramadan.
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The word Ramadan is derived from an Arabic word that encompasses a situation of hot weather, parched ground and scarcity of food.
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I remember being very happy in Ramadan, since during that time of the year I could see Abu Hussein, the musahharati who used to bang the drum and wake people up for suhur — the early morning last meal the faithful are allowed to have before daybreak, when actual fasting starts.
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