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sawm Synonyms & Antonyms

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Sawm as a Noun

1

Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.

Word Forms & Grammar

sawm (uncountable)

Origin of Sawm

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