iftar

English

Alternative forms

• iftaar

Etymology

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

iftar (countable and uncountable, plural iftars)

2. (Islam) The evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water.

   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^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• grand iftar

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: iftaar
• Arabic: إِفْطَار (ar) m (ʔifṭār)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: iftar
• Bengali: ইফতার (bn) (iphtar), এফতার (ephtar), ইছতার (bn) (ichtar)
• Catalan: iftar (ca) m
• French: iftar (fr) m, ftour m
• Gujarati: ઇફતાર f (iphatār)
• Hindi: इफ़्तार (iftār), इफतार (hi) m (iphtār), इफतारी (hi) f (iphtārī)
• Indonesian: iftar (id), buka puasa
• Kashmiri: اِفطیٛار (ks) (iftyār)
• Kazakh: ауызашар (auyzaşar), ифтар (iftar)
• Kyrgyz: ооз ачуу (ooz acuu), ифтар (iftar)
• Malay: buka puasa (ms), berbuka (informal), sungkai (ms) (Sarawak, Brunei), iftar (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: افطار (fa) (eftâr)
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ифта́р (ru) m (iftár)
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: iftar m
• Swahili: futari, iftar
• Tajik: ифтор (iftor)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: iftar (tr)
• Urdu: افطار (iftār)
• Uyghur: ئىپتار (iptar)
• Uzbek: iftor (uz)

Anagrams

• afrit, fitra, frati, ftira, traif

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

iftar m

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إفطار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ifˈtar]

Noun

iftar m (plural iftars)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay iftar, from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈiftar/ [ˈif.t̪ar]
• Rhymes: -iftar
• Syllabification: if‧tar

Noun

iftar (plural iftar-iftar)

1. (Islam) iftar (the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water)

   Synonym: buka puasa

   Antonym: sahur

Related terms

• imsak (“start of the daily Ramadan fast”)

Further reading

• “iftar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

iftar (Jawi spelling افطار, plural iftar-iftar or iftar²)

1. (Islam) iftar (the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water)

   Synonym: buka puasa

   Antonym: sahur

Coordinate terms

• imsak (“start of the daily Ramadan fast”)

Further reading

• "iftar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

iftar class IX (plural iftar class X)

1. iftar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “breaking of fasting”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔifˈtaɾ/ [ʔɪfˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ʔipˈtaɾ/ [ʔɪpˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: if‧tar

Noun

iftár (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. iftar

Derived terms

• mag-iftar
• pag-iftar

Related terms

• Eid'l Fitr

See also

• Ramadan

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افطار (iftar), from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iftar (definite accusative iftarı, plural iftarlar)

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

   iftara çağırmak ― to invite for iftar

Declension

Declension of iftar

singular plural nominative iftar iftarlar definite accusative iftarı iftarları dative iftara iftarlara locative iftarda iftarlarda ablative iftardan iftarlardan genitive iftarın iftarların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular iftarım iftarlarım 2nd singular iftarın iftarların 3rd singular iftarı iftarları 1st plural iftarımız iftarlarımız 2nd plural iftarınız iftarlarınız 3rd plural iftarları iftarları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular iftarımı iftarlarımı 2nd singular iftarını iftarlarını 3rd singular iftarını iftarlarını 1st plural iftarımızı iftarlarımızı 2nd plural iftarınızı iftarlarınızı 3rd plural iftarlarını iftarlarını dative singular plural 1st singular iftarıma iftarlarıma 2nd singular iftarına iftarlarına 3rd singular iftarına iftarlarına 1st plural iftarımıza iftarlarımıza 2nd plural iftarınıza iftarlarınıza 3rd plural iftarlarına iftarlarına locative singular plural 1st singular iftarımda iftarlarımda 2nd singular iftarında iftarlarında 3rd singular iftarında iftarlarında 1st plural iftarımızda iftarlarımızda 2nd plural iftarınızda iftarlarınızda 3rd plural iftarlarında iftarlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular iftarımdan iftarlarımdan 2nd singular iftarından iftarlarından 3rd singular iftarından iftarlarından 1st plural iftarımızdan iftarlarımızdan 2nd plural iftarınızdan iftarlarınızdan 3rd plural iftarlarından iftarlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular iftarımın iftarlarımın 2nd singular iftarının iftarlarının 3rd singular iftarının iftarlarının 1st plural iftarımızın iftarlarımızın 2nd plural iftarınızın iftarlarınızın 3rd plural iftarlarının iftarlarının

Derived terms

• iftar etmek
• iftar sofrası
• iftar tabağı
• iftar topu
• iftar vakti
• iftar yemeği
• iftar zamanı
• iftarlık

Related terms

• iftariye

Further reading

• “iftar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu