Meanings
nounsawm (uncountable)
alternative saum
- uncountableIslamFasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
Origin
- Classical Syriacܨܘܡܐ
- Arabicصَوْم“fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”
- Englishsawm
From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).
More words from Arabic, Classical Syriac
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Arabic صَوْم, صِيَام
- صَوْم (ṣawm)Islamic fasting
- صِيَام (ṣiyām)Islamic fasting
Bengali রোজা
- রোজা (rōja)Islamic fasting
Chinese Mandarin 齋戒 /斋戒, 禁食
- 齋戒 /斋戒 (zhāijiè)Islamic fasting
- 禁食 (jìnshí)Islamic fasting
Finnish saum
- saumIslamic fasting
French saoum
- saoumIslamic fasting
German Saum
- SaumIslamic fasting
Hindi रोज़ा
- रोज़ा (rozā)Islamic fasting
Indonesian puasa, saum
- puasaIslamic fasting
- saumIslamic fasting
Japanese サウム
- サウム (saumu)Islamic fasting
Korean 사움
- 사움 (saum)Islamic fasting
Malay puasa
- puasaIslamic fasting
Persian روزه
- روزه (roza)Islamic fasting
Polish saum
- saumIslamic fasting
Portuguese sawm
- sawmIslamic fasting
Russian ураза́, са́ум
- ураза́ (urazá)Islamic fasting
- са́ум (sáum)Islamic fasting
- пост (post)Islamic fasting
Spanish sawm
- sawmIslamic fasting
Tagalog saum
- saumIslamic fasting
Thai ศีลอด
- ศีลอด (sǐin-òt)Islamic fasting
Turkish oruç
- oruçIslamic fasting
Urdu روزہ
- روزہ (roza)Islamic fasting
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
sawm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawm
MLA
“sawm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawm. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sawm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawm.
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