sawm
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sawm
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From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).
noun saum
- Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
Translations
Talk about this word "sawm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sawm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sawm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sawm "sawm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sawm.Cite this
@misc{sawm_2026,
title = {sawm},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sawm},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
