oruç

  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

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Etymology

In summary

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

Related words

perhiz

büyük perhiz

صِيَام

νηστεία

صَوْم

saoum

ڕۆژوو

iēiūnium

post

saum

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