صیام

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِيَام (ṣiyām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.ˈjaːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [si.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	siyām
Dari reading?	siyām
Iranian reading?	siyâm
Tajik reading?	siyom

Noun

صیام • (siyâm)

1. (literary) fast (period of abstinence)

   Synonyms: روزه (ruze), صوم (sowm)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صیام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim