Rām'a-dān', n.

(110), n. [Ar. ramadān or ramazān, properly the hot month, from ramida or ramiza, to be very hot from the influence of the sun.] [Written also Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan.]

1. The ninth Mohammedan month.
2. The great annual fast, or Lent, of the Mohammedans, kept through the ninth month.