sawm
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Etymology edit
From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).
Noun edit
sawm (uncountable)
- (Islam) fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam
Translations edit
Islamic fasting
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Maltese edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sawm m (instance noun sawma)
- verbal noun of sam: fasting
Tedim Chin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *soom. Akin to Mizo shom.
Numeral edit
sawm
References edit
- Zomi Ordbog by D.L. Haokip