اوروج

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Vulgarized form of Persian روزه (ruze, fasting); compare other Turkic borrowings, like Azerbaijani oruc, Kazakh ораза (oraza), Kyrgyz орозо (orozo), Tatar ураза (uraza) and Uzbek roʻza.

Noun

اوروج • (oruc)

  1. (in general) fasting, abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food
    Synonym: صوم (savm)
  2. (specifically) sawm, saum, the ritual practice of fasting and the third of the five pillars of Islam
    Synonym: صوم (savm)

Derived terms

  • اوروج آچمق (oruc açmak, to break the fast)
  • اوروج بوزمق (oruc bozmak, to break the fast)
  • اوروج طوتمق (oruc tutmak, to observe the fast)
  • اوروجسز (orucsuz, that's not keeping the fast)
  • اوروجلو (oruclu, keeping the fast)

Descendants

  • Turkish: oruç

Further reading

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