Ma'anar kalmar "Ramadan"
Kalmar Ramadan ta fito ne daga tushen “Ramza” da jam’inta “Ramadanat” da “Ramiza”. Ramadan yana nufin zafi mai tsanani kuma suka ce idan aka ambaci watanni ana sanya wannan wata a lokacin zafi mai tsanani, don haka suka sanya masa wannan suna.
Tabbas wasu malaman tafsiri irin su Tabari sun bayyana a kasa a cikin ayar (Baqarah: 185) inda suka nakalto daga Mujahid Ibn Jaber cewa wata kila watan Ramadan yana daga cikin sunayen Allah da sanya masa suna ba ya da alaka da tsananin zafi.
Ga sunan wannan wata ma sun lissafo wasu ma’anoni, kamar cewa Ramadan ya samo asali ne daga “Ramez al-Sa’im”, wato lokacin da mai azumi ya yi zafi da tsananin qishirwa; Wasu kuma suna ganin cewa Ramadan yana nufin kama wuta daga Armad, domin zunubai a wannan wata suna kama wuta kuma suna bacewa da ayyuka na qwarai; Wasu kuma sun ce ramadan daga Ramadhana yake, wato dutse mai zafi, domin zukata suna narke da wa'azi da tunanin lahira, kamar yadda rana ke narkar da yashi da dutse.
Wasu kuma suka ce an samo watan Ramadan ne daga “Ramazat al-Nusl”, wato kaifi takobi ta hanyar fasa shi a tsakanin duwatsu biyu, don haka ne ake kiran watan Ramadan, wanda Larabawa suka kasance suna kaifi da makamansu. Suna yaqi a watan Shawwal a cikin watannin harami. Sunan wannan wata Nataq ne a lokacin jahiliyya, haka nan Larabawa jahiliyya suna girmama shi. Mutanen Samudawa kuma suna kiran watan Ramadan Dimer kuma shekararsu ta fara da Ramadan.
