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Sawm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam. uncountable
  2. 2
    the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan wordnet

Etymology

From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).

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