Etymology

saum

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Today it means: fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam Full definition →

Arabic صَوْم
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromصَوْم
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromصَوْم
  3. English todaysaum

Borrowed from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicصَوْم all →

sawm

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.