ramadan Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ram`a*dan" noun
Etymology
Ar. ramadan, or ramazan, properly, the hot month.
Definitions
  1. The ninth Mohammedan month.
  2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

Webster 1913