iftar

• iftaar

From Arabic إِفْطَار‎ (ʔifṭār).

• IPA^(key): /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

iftar (plural iftars)

1. (Islam) The evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

   Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize.

   • 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎:

     On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.

• grand iftar

• afrit, fitra, frati, ftira, traif

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افطار‎ (iftar), from Arabic إفطار‎ (ʔifṭār).

iftar m

1. (Islam) iftar, the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

From Arabic إِفْطَار‎ (ʔifṭār).

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• Rhymes: -ar

iftar (plural iftar-iftar, informal 1st possessive iftarku, 2nd possessive iftarmu, 3rd possessive iftarnya)

1. (Islam) The evening meal or dinner that marks the end of the daily fast on Ramadan.

• buka puasa

• sahur (“pre-fast breakfast”)
• imsak (“start of the daily Ramadan fast”)

• “iftar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار‎ (ʔifṭār).

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iftar (n class, plural iftar)

1. iftar

From Ottoman Turkish افطار‎, from Arabic إفطار‎.

• IPA^(key): /ifˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: if‧tar

iftar (definite accusative iftarı, plural iftarlar)

1. (Islam) breaking of fasting
2. (Islam) iftar time
3. (Islam) iftar

   iftara çağırmak ― to invite for iftar

• iftariye