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oruç.

fasting, abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/oˈɾut͡ʃ/
  1. fasting, abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food

    usually
  2. sawm; the ritual practice of fasting and the third of the five pillars of Islam

    specifically
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوروج (oruc), from Sogdian [script needed] (rōçag), shares common origins with Persian روزه (ruze, “fasting”).

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