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Festive Italian vocabulary
The holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It begins about 11 days earlier each year, because the calendar is lunar and thus shorter than the Gregorian calendar, which is solar.
What is Ramadan?
Ramadan is a holy month during which nearly all Muslims* are required to fast during daylight hours (sunrise to sunset). The fast is broken at sunset with iftar (breakfast).
* Except children and anyone who is sick, traveling, menstruating, pregnant, or breastfeeding.
How do you say "Happy Ramadan" in Italian?
- Buon Ramadan!
- Felice Ramadan!
Italian Vocabulary for Ramadan
| alms | l’elemosina | |
| Mecca | la Mecca | |
| month | il mese | |
| Muslim | musulmano, musulmana | |
| new moon | la luna nuova | |
| pilgrimage | il pellegrinaggio | |
| Quran | il Corano | |
| reflection | la riflessione | |
| Fasting | Digiuno | |
| no eating | non mangiare | |
| no drinking | non bere | |
| no smoking | non fumare | |
| no sex | non fare sesso | |
| from sunrise | dall’alba | |
| to sunset | al tramonto | |
| breakfast | la colazione | |
| Ramadan Foods | Cibo del Ramadan | |
| apricot | un’albicocca | |
| bell pepper | un peperone | |
| chickpeas | dei ceci | |
| date | un dattero | |
| eggplant | una melanzana | |
| fig | un fico | |
| lamb | l’agnello | |
| milk | il latte | |
| rice | il riso | |
| salad | insalata | |
| soup | la zuppa | |
| zucchini | una zucchina | |
| Ramadan Verbs | Verbi di Ramadan | |
| to abstain | astenersi | |
| to break the fast | rompere il digiuno | |
| to fast | digiunare, fare un digiuno | |
| to make a pilgrimage | fare un pellegrinaggio | |
| to pray | pregare |
5 pillars of Islam – I 5 pilastri dell’Islam
| 1. | faith | la fede | |
| 2. | prayer | la preghiera | |
| 3. | charity | la carità | |
| 4. | fasting during Ramadan | il digiuno durante il Ramadan | |
| 5. | pilgrimage to Mecca | il pellegrinaggio alla Mecca |
The required-once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage is called Hajj and usually occurs during the last month of the year. During the last week or so of Ramadan, a lesser pilgrimage called Umrah is often made.
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