ramadan
part of speech
noun (Ramadan — a proper noun, written with a capital R)
meaning for a pupil
1) The ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when many Muslims fast: they do not eat or drink from dawn until sunset. tree →
2) The time of prayer, giving to others and thinking about one's faith during that month. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education lessons pupils learn about Ramadan and the festival of Eid al-Fitr that ends it. In everyday life a Muslim classmate may be fasting during Ramadan and the family may eat a meal called iftar after sunset. Phrases: during Ramadan, fast for Ramadan, Ramadan Mubarak (a greeting), the end of Ramadan.
examples
- Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims. tree →
- During Ramadan, Amir's family eats after sunset. tree →
- Young children usually do not have to fast in Ramadan. tree →
- At the end of Ramadan, people celebrate Eid. tree →
- We learned about Ramadan in religious education. tree →
- "Ramadan Mubarak!" said our teacher to the Muslim pupils. tree →
- During Ramadan, many people give money to the poor. tree →
note
Always written with a capital R. The Islamic calendar follows the moon, so Ramadan starts about eleven days earlier each year in the usual calendar. The word in the input is lower case only because of the list. Be kind and respectful to classmates who are fasting; do not eat in front of them on purpose.
In the corpora
- During Ramadan many Muslims do not eat or drink from dawn to sunset, and friends are kind about it.
- Example: during Ramadan a girl in Birmingham fasts from dawn to sunset.
- Eid al-Fitr is the Muslim festival that ends Ramadan, a month of fasting from dawn to sunset.
- Eid al-Fitr is the joyful festival at the end of Ramadan.
- Ramadan, when many Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, starts about 11 days earlier each year on our calendar.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ramadan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.