sawm
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).
Noun
editsawm (uncountable)
- (Islam) fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam
Translations
editIslamic fasting
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editMaltese
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s-w-m |
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Etymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsawm m (instance noun sawma)
- verbal noun of sam: fasting
Tedim Chin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Kuki-Chin *soom. Akin to Mizo shom.
Numeral
editsawm
References
edit- Zomi Ordbog by D.L. Haokip
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