oruç

Meaning

  1. (usually) fasting, abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food
  2. (specifically) sawm; the ritual practice of fasting and the third of the five pillars of Islam

Synonyms

perhiz

büyük perhiz

Translations

صِيَام

νηστεία

صَوْم

saoum

ڕۆژوو

iēiūnium

Frequency

35k
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوروج (oruc), from Sogdian [script needed] (rōçag), shares common origins with Persian روزه (ruze, “fasting”).

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