iftar

[ if-tahr ]

noun
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) the meal that Muslims eat after sunset during Ramadan to break the day’s fast.

Origin of iftar

1
First recorded in 1830–35, iftar is from the Arabic word ʾifṭār “the breaking of the fast”

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iftar

Iftar

/ (ˈɪftɑː) /


noun
  1. the meal eaten by Muslims to break their fast after sunset every day during Ramadan

Origin of iftar

1
from Arabic iftar the breaking of the fast; compare Id-ul-Fitr

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