إمساك

See also: امساک

Arabic

Root
م س ك (m-s-k)

Etymology

From أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka, to hold back).

Noun

إِمْسَاك • (ʔimsāk) m

  1. verbal noun of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka) (form IV) holding (something)
  2. (medicine, pathology) constipation
  3. (Islam) The start of the daily fast on Ramadan, very early in the morning

Declension

Descendants

  • Indonesian: imsak
  • Malay: imsak
  • Ottoman Turkish: امساك (imsâk)
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