"Randan" meaning in Maltese

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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "رَمَضَان",
        "t": "Ramadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, “Ramadan”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير",
        "lit": "great fast"
      },
      "expansion": "اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير (aṣ-ṣawmu l-kabīr, literally “great fast”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين",
        "lit": "fast of the forty"
      },
      "expansion": "صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين (ṣawmu l-ʔarbaʕīn, literally “fast of the forty”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "Għisa"
      },
      "expansion": "Għisa",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "Ramadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ramadan",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, “Ramadan”). The use of the word attests to the fact that—though Malta had been Christian before the Arab conquest—modern Maltese people mainly descend from converted Muslims. Arabic-speaking Christians otherwise use the terms اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير (aṣ-ṣawmu l-kabīr, literally “great fast”) or صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين (ṣawmu l-ʔarbaʕīn, literally “fast of the forty”). Compare also Għisa (obsolete for “Jesus”). Doublet of Ramadan.",
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    {
      "form": "Randanijiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "Randanijiet"
      },
      "expansion": "Randan m (plural Randanijiet)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Ras ir-Randan"
        }
      ],
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        "Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter"
      ],
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        "(Christianity) Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter"
      ],
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        "Christianity"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ranˈdaːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Randan"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ras ir-Randan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "رَمَضَان",
        "t": "Ramadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, “Ramadan”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير",
        "lit": "great fast"
      },
      "expansion": "اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير (aṣ-ṣawmu l-kabīr, literally “great fast”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين",
        "lit": "fast of the forty"
      },
      "expansion": "صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين (ṣawmu l-ʔarbaʕīn, literally “fast of the forty”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "Għisa"
      },
      "expansion": "Għisa",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "Ramadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ramadan",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, “Ramadan”). The use of the word attests to the fact that—though Malta had been Christian before the Arab conquest—modern Maltese people mainly descend from converted Muslims. Arabic-speaking Christians otherwise use the terms اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير (aṣ-ṣawmu l-kabīr, literally “great fast”) or صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين (ṣawmu l-ʔarbaʕīn, literally “fast of the forty”). Compare also Għisa (obsolete for “Jesus”). Doublet of Ramadan.",
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    {
      "form": "Randanijiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "Lent",
          "Lent"
        ],
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        ],
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        "(Christianity) Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ranˈdaːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Randan"
}