iftar

English

Alternative forms

• iftaar

Etymology

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

iftar (countable and uncountable, plural iftars)

1. (Islam) The evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

   Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize.

   • 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.

Derived terms

• grand iftar

Translations

(Islam) the evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan

• Afrikaans: iftaar
• Arabic: إِفْطَار (ar) m (ʔifṭār)
• Azerbaijani: iftar
• Bengali: ইফতার (bn) (iphtar), এফতার (ephtar), ইছতার (bn) (ichtar)
• French: iftar (fr) m, ftour m
• Gujarati: ઇફતાર f (iphatār)
• Hindi: इफ़्तार (iftār), इफतार (hi) m (iphtār), इफतारी (hi) f (iphtārī)
• Indonesian: iftar (id), buka puasa
• Kazakh: ауызашар (auyzaşar), ифтар (iftar)
• Kyrgyz: ооз ачуу (ooz acuu), ифтар (iftar)
• Malay: iftar (ms), buka puasa
• Persian: افطار (fa) (eftâr)
• Russian: ифта́р m (iftár)
• Swahili: futari, iftar
• Tajik: ифтор (iftor)
• Turkish: iftar (tr)
• Urdu: افطار (iftār)
• Uyghur: ئىپتار (iptar)
• Uzbek: iftor (uz)

Anagrams

• afrit, fitra, frati, ftira, traif

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افطار (iftar), from Arabic إفطار (ʔifṭār).

Noun

iftar m

1. (Islam) iftar, the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• Audio (MY)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

iftar (plural iftar-iftar, informal 1st possessive iftarku, 2nd possessive iftarmu, 3rd possessive iftarnya)

1. (Islam) The evening meal or dinner that marks the end of the daily fast on Ramadan.

Synonyms

• buka puasa

Antonyms

• sahur (“pre-fast breakfast”)
• imsak (“start of the daily Ramadan fast”)

Further reading

• “iftar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

iftar (n class, plural iftar)

1. iftar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “breaking of fasting”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔifˈtaɾ/, [ʔɪfˈtaɾ]
  • IPA^(key): /ʔipˈtaɾ/, [ʔɪpˈtaɾ] (more native-sounding)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: if‧tar

Noun

iftár (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. iftar

Derived terms

• mag-iftar
• pag-iftar

 

Related terms

• Eid'l Fitr

 

See also

• Ramadan

 

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افطار, from Arabic إفطار.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ifˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: if‧tar

Noun

iftar (definite accusative iftarı, plural iftarlar)

1. (Islam) breaking of fasting
2. (Islam) iftar time
3. (Islam) iftar

   iftara çağırmak ― to invite for iftar

Derived terms

• iftar etmek
• iftar sofrası
• iftar tabağı
• iftar topu
• iftar vakti
• iftar yemeği
• iftar zamanı
• iftarlık

 

Related terms

• iftariye