sawm
Meanings
noun
- Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
Word forms
Etymology
From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).
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