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Ramadan

noun

(Written also Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan)

The ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith.

(Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

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Etymology of 'Ramadan'

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... xerophagy^; famishment, starvation. fast, jour maigre [Fr.]; fast day, banyan day; Lent, quadragesima^; Ramadan, Ramazan; spare diet, meager diet; lenten diet, lenten entertainment; soupe maigre [Fr.], short commons, Barmecide feast^; short rations. V. fast, starve, clem^, famish, perish with hunger; dine with Duke Humphrey^; ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... his master to the landing-stage outside the fort. The night was clear but without a moon, and the middle of the river was dark, while the water under each bank reflected the light of many fires "as on a night of Ramadan," Tamb' Itam said. War-boats drifted silently in the dark lane or, anchored, floated motionless with a loud ripple. That night there was much paddling in a canoe and walking at his master's heels for Tamb' Itam: up and down the street they tramped, where the fires were ...

— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad

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