oruç
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوروج (oruc, “fasting, sawm”), from Persian روزه (ruze, “fasting”).
Noun edit
oruç (definite accusative orucu, plural oruçlar)
- (in general) fasting, abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food
- (specifically) sawm, saum, the ritual practice of fasting and the third of the five pillars of Islam
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | oruç | |
Definite accusative | orucu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | oruç | oruçlar |
Definite accusative | orucu | oruçları |
Dative | oruca | oruçlara |
Locative | oruçta | oruçlarda |
Ablative | oruçtan | oruçlardan |
Genitive | orucun | oruçların |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oruç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3639
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “oruç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük