iftar

• iftaar

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

• IPA^(key): /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

iftar (countable and uncountable, plural iftars)

1. (Islam) The evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

   Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize.

   • 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎:

     On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.

• grand iftar

• afrit, fitra, frati, ftira, traif

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افطار (iftar), from Arabic إفطار (ʔifṭār).

iftar m

1. (Islam) iftar, the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

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• Rhymes: -ar

iftar (plural iftar-iftar, informal 1st possessive iftarku, 2nd possessive iftarmu, 3rd possessive iftarnya)

1. (Islam) The evening meal or dinner that marks the end of the daily fast on Ramadan.

• buka puasa

• sahur (“pre-fast breakfast”)
• imsak (“start of the daily Ramadan fast”)

• “iftar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

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iftar (n class, plural iftar)

1. iftar

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “breaking of fasting”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔifˈtaɾ/ [ʔɪfˈtaɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ʔipˈtaɾ/ [ʔɪpˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: if‧tar

iftár (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. iftar

From Ottoman Turkish افطار, from Arabic إفطار.

• IPA^(key): /ifˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: if‧tar

iftar (definite accusative iftarı, plural iftarlar)

1. (Islam) breaking of fasting
2. (Islam) iftar time
3. (Islam) iftar

   iftara çağırmak ― to invite for iftar

• iftariye