suhur

English

Alternative forms

• sahoor, sahur, sehar, suhoor

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr), literally "of the dawn".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈhuːɹ/, /səˈhʊɹ/

Noun

suhur (uncountable)

1. (Islam) A pre-dawn breakfast during the Ramadan fasting.

Translations

predawn meal before Islamic fasting

• Albanian: syfyri
• Arabic: سحور (ar) m (saḥūr)
• Azerbaijani: sahur
• Banjar: sahur
• Baskhort: сәхәр (səxər)
• Bengali: সেহরী (śehori)
• Croatian: sehur (sh)
• Dagbani: saɣila
• Hausa: sàhûr̃
• Indonesian: sahur (id)
• Japanese: サフール (ja), スフール (ja)
• Javanese: ꦱꦲꦸꦂ (jv) (sahur)
• Kurdish: پارشێو (parşêw)
• Malay: sahur (ms)
• Minangkabau: makan parak siang, makan kukuak ayam
• Persian: سحری (fa) (saharī)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸਹਿਰੀ f (sahirī)

  Shahmukhi: سَحَری f (saḥarī)

• Russian: сухур (suxur)
• Somali: suxuur
• Sundanese: saur
• Swahili: daku (sw)
• Tagalog: suhur
• Turkish: sahur (tr)
• Urdu: سَحَری f (saharī)
• Uzbek: saharlik

Sumerian

Romanization

suhur

1. Romanization of 𒋦 (suḫur)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• suhoor

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُحُور (suḥūr).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧hur
• IPA^(key): /suˈhuɾ/, [sʊˈhuɾ]

Noun

suhúr (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜑᜓᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. suhur (predawn meal before Islamic fasting)

Usage notes

• The word suhur refers more on the act of eating the meal while sahur refers more on the meal eaten.

See also

• iftar
• Ramadan
• sahur