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RAMADAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Ramadan" is a kind of...):
fast; fasting (abstaining from food)
Domain category:
Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Ramadan" is a kind of...):
Islamic calendar month (any lunar month in the Muslim calendar)
Holonyms ("Ramadan" is a part of...):
Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar (the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years)
