Is it RAMADAN or RAMZAN?

Question

confused!?

Answer 1

Strictly speaking, it's neither. It should be transliterated as RamaDaan or Ramadhaan; where the D or dh is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B8%8C%C... which is actually a tricky letter to pronounce and most current-day Arabs don't pronounce it properly (to know how it’s pronounced properly, listen to a professional Quran reciter, these guys are trained to pronounce sounds correctly). This phonetic sound actually exists ONLY in the Arabic language, that's why the language is also called "the language of the Dhad".

Accordingly, it is mispronounced by many non-Arabs, it is pronounced as z in Persian, Urdu, Hindi and many more so they sometimes transliterate it as Ramazan.

Also note that the first two a’s in RamaDaan are short vowels, the second (double a) is a long vowel. As a native Arabic speaker, I would prefer Ramadan because it’s much closer than Ramazan, which is actually a mispronunciation of a mispronunciation, plus, it implies that it’s a totally different word.

Answer 2

its both.it depends on where you stay and your origin.some people use the word ramdan while others use ramzan.both are the same

Answer 3

People will say it many ways.

It is the same meaning...

Answer 4

its Ramadan, some people call it Ramathan, some call it Ramazan, but Ramadan is more proper.

and if u hadnt noticed this section is called Ramadan.... =]

Answer 5

Ramadan in arabic pure, an ramazan in the egiptian, libanes and sirian accent

Answer 6

In arabic its spelt and pronounced as رمضان

so in english it should be spelt as Ramathan, or ramadan.  

Answer 7

Ramadan (رمضان)

Answer 8

it is ramadan

ramzan is just a different way people say it but the correct term is ramadan

Answer 9

neither, it's ramad'an or ramadhan, and most arab can say this letter that probably doesn't exist in any other language, arab who can't say it, say ramdth'an, also another special letter, i never heard an arab saying ramazan, maybe pakistani do

Answer 10

both...they're just english renditions of an arabic word....you'll see it spelled about five more different ways, too

Answer 11

ramzan

Answer 12

both

Answer 13

Its Ramadan, but us asians have changed it into Ramzan! You can call either, but Ramadan is more appropriate as it is so in Arabic!