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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|saum}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|ar|صَوْم||fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex}}, probably borrowed from {{uder|en|syc|ܨܘܡܐ|tr=ṣawmāʾ}}. {{root|en|ar|ص و م}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|Islam}} [[fasting]], [[abstention]], [[abstinence]]; the third of the [[five pillars]] of [[Islam]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|Islamic fasting}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَوْم|m}}, {{t|ar|صِيَام|m}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|սաում}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|oruc}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|রোজা}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|齋戒|tr=zhāijiè}}, {{t+|cmn|禁食|tr=jìnshí}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ރޯދަ}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|saum}}
* French: {{t|fr|saoum|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|საუმი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Saum}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|puasa}}, {{t+|id|saum}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|サウム|tr=saumu|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|ораза|sc=Cyrl}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|사움}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ڕۆژوو}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|rojî}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|орозо|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|puasa}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വ്രതം|sc=Mlym}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اوروج|tr=oruç}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|روژه|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|روزه|tr=roza}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|saum|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|sawm|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ураза́|f}}, {{t|ru|са́ум|m}}, {{t+|ru|пост|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|සව්ම්|sc=Sinh}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|sawm|m}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|saum}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|рӯза|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|ураза|sc=Cyrl}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|oruç}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|روزہ|tr=roza|m}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|ruʻ|alt=roʻza}}
* Western Panjabi: {{t|pnb|روزہ|tr=roza|sc=pa-Arab}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|Lent}}
* {{l|en|Yom Kippur}}

===Further reading===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090726113402/http://www.haqislam.org/ramadan/fasting-in-quraan.htm Fasting in the Quraan]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=amsw|MAWs|MSAW|Maws|WMAs|awms|maws|swam|wasm}}

==Maltese==
{{mt-root|s-w-m}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mt|ar|صَوْم}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/sawm/}}
* {{rhymes|mt|awm|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{mt-verbal noun|g=m|inst=sawma}}

# {{verbal noun of|mt|sam}}: [[fasting]]

==Tedim Chin==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ctd|tbq-kuk-pro|*soom}}. Akin to Mizo ''[[shom]]''.

===Numeral===
{{head|ctd|numeral}}

# [[ten]]

===References===
* ''Zomi Ordbog'' by D.L. Haokip